1st Kings Chapter 1 verse 16 Holy Bible
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?
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And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?
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Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?
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and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What -- to thee?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance [cf. 2 Samuel 14:4. But we are hardly justified in seeing here "more than the ordinary Eastern salutation" (Rawlinson). The Jewish court seems to have been very ceremonious and stately (1 Samuel 24:8; 2 Samuel 19:24). The king was the representative of Heaven]. And the king said, What wouldest thou [marg., What to thee? Not necessarily, What thy supplication? (as Rawlinson). It rather means generally, "What thy business?" Quid tibi, not quid petis.