1 Kings 1:16
Good News Translation
Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

New Revised Standard Version
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, “What do you wish?”

Contemporary English Version
and bowed down. "What can I do for you?" David asked.

New American Bible
Bathsheba bowed in homage to the king. The king said to her, “What do you wish?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

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1 Kings 1:23 And they told the king, saying: Nathan, the prophet, is here. And when he was come in before the king, and had worshipped, bowing down to the ground,

1 Samuel 20:41 And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was toward the south, and falling on his face to the ground, adored thrice: and kissing one another, they wept together; but David more.

1 Samuel 24:8 And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave, cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,

1 Samuel 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she made haste and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground.

And the

1 Kings 2:20 And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face.

Exodus 7:2 Thou shalt speak to him all that I command thee; and he shall speak to Pharao, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Matthew 20:21,32 Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. . . .

Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
15So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abisag, the Sunamitess, ministered to him. 16Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?17She answered, and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid, by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:15
So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abisag, the Sunamitess, ministered to him.

1 Kings 1:17
She answered, and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid, by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

1 Kings 1:15
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