¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, “What is your wish?”

²³ Now when Abigail saw David, she ^(A)dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.

⁸ David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down.

⁴¹ As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

³² So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

²¹ And He said to her, “What do you wish?”

She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine ^(A)may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”

² And on the second day, ^(A)at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

²⁰ Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; do not ^[a]refuse me.”

And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

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