Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 2:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother. So she sat down at his right hand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set at his right hand for her, the king's mother. American Standard Version (1901) Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. Common English Bible So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to talk with him about Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her and bowed low to her. Then he returned to his throne and had a throne set up for the queen mother. She sat to his right. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne. And a throne was set for the king's mother: and she sat on his right hand. |
Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
‘Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.
‘You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honour the old. Fear your God; I am the Lord.