And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
On l'annonça au roi, en disant: Voici Nathan le prophète! Il entra en présence du roi, et se prosterna devant le roi, le visage contre terre.
KJV
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)
visis colligimus. Certe Nathan propheta David regem pro Salomone petens apud vos adorasse legitur (III Reg. I, 23) , in quo aliquid eum divinitatis sensisse [Col. 0525A] credere nefas creditur. Josue a civitatensibus Hai Israelem conspiciens fugientem, et caesum, coram arca Dom…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)
, sic aliquoties pro reverentia ad homines ponitur, sicut Nathan propheta David adorasse scribitur (III Reg. I, 23) . Unde et Jacob fastigium virgae Joseph ab Apostolo adorasse dicitur (Hebr. II, 21) . Quod est in magna veneratione habuisse summam ejus potentiae, quae sic insepa…
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