¹⁶ Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”

²³ When Abigail saw David, she hurried ^(A)and got down from the donkey ^(B)and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.

⁸ Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.

⁴¹ And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap^[a] and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

³² And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”

²¹ And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine ^(A)are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(B)in your kingdom.”

² And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, ^(A)“What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? ^(B)Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

²⁰ Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

²³ And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.