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King: Ceremonial Recognition of Prostration 1 Samuel 25:41

She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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King: Ceremonial Recognition of Prostration 2 Samuel 9:6, 8

And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied. / Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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King: Ceremonial Recognition of Prostration 1 Kings 1:23, 31, 47

So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king. / Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” / The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,

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