Discovery Box1 Kings 1:23 
Context1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. 1
1 Kings 1:31
Context1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor 2 and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
1 Kings 1:53
Context1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down 3 from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” 4
1 Kings 19:18
Context19:18 I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.” 5
1 tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”
2 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
3 tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”
4 tn Heb “Go to your house.”
5 tn Heb “I have kept in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and all the mouths that have not kissed him.”
