⁸ David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

²³ When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

²⁴ She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

³ Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

¹² "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

⁴¹ As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

¹⁷ Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

⁷ Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

¹⁷ Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.