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Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
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Verse 19. To her. Only fools will despise their parents. Proverbs 15:20. Sirach 3:18. Tobit 4:3. The Persians would allow no one to sit in his mother’s presence, without her leave; and Alexander would treat Sysigambis with the like respect. Q. Curt. v.—Right hand. In the most honourable place, next to his own. Genesis 48:13. The Turks and Persians give the preference to the left. Xenop. Cyrop. viii.
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