1 Kings 1:31
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did homage unto the king,—and said—Let my lord, King David, live to times age-abiding!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 20:41As soon as, the lad, was gone, David, arose from beside the South, and fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself down three times,—and they kissed each other, and wept over each other, until, David, exceeded.
1 Kings 1:25For he hath gone down to-day, and hath sacrificed oxen and heifers and sheep, in abundance, and hath invited all the sons of the king, and the generals of the army, and Abiathar the priest, and, there they are—eating and drinking before him,—and they have said—Long live King Adonijah!
Esther 3:2And, all the kings servants who were in the kings gate, used to bend and bow themselves down unto Haman, for, so, had the king given command concerning him,—but, Mordecai, bent not nor bowed himself down.
Daniel 3:9they spake, and said, to Nebuchadnezzar the king: O king! for ages, live!
Daniel 6:6Then, these ministers and satraps, crowded together unto the king,—and, thus, were saying to him, O Darius the king! for ages, live!
Matthew 21:37Afterwards, however, he sent forth unto them his son, saying,—They will pay deference unto my son!
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:12-32
David Makes Solomon King. ( b. c. 1015.) 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me,… Read the whole commentary →