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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 1:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 1:16 |
King James |
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Bath-sheba bowed, like the woman of Tekoah Sa2 14:4, with the humble prostration of a suppliant. Hence, the king's question, "What wouldest thou?" |
4 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.