On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honour.
2 Samuel 14:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honour, and she said, ‘Help me, Your Majesty!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king! American Standard Version (1901) And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. Common English Bible When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell facedown, bowing low out of respect. “King, help me!” she said. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, "Save me, O king." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king. |
On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honour.
Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honour, and he blessed the king. Joab said, ‘Today your servant knows that he has found favour in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.’
The king asked her, ‘What is troubling you?’ She said, ‘I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, ‘All is well!’ He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, ‘Praise be to the Lord your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king.’
After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together – but David wept the most.
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.