Obsequiousness

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Servile compliance)
• INSTANCES OF
• Abigail1 Samuel 25:23–311 Samuel 25:41
• Mephibosheth2 Samuel 9:8
• The woman of Tekoah2 Samuel 14:4–20

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Samuel 25:23–31

   When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:23–311 voice

   “But before this David had already held back his armed hand in his indignation. How much greater it is not to revile again, than not to avenge oneself! The warriors, too, [who] prepared to take vengeance against Nabal, Abigail restrained by her prayers. From this we perceive that we ought not only to yield to timely entreaties but also to be pleased with them. So much was David pleased that he blessed her who intervened, because he was restrained from his desire for revenge.

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 25:23–31→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. 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.”

   Verse page →Original language →

3. 2 Samuel 9:8

   Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 9:81 voice

   “Mephibosheth’s humility of expression, even in the mouth of an Oriental, is painful. It was perhaps in part the result of his helpless lameness, and of the other misfortunes of his life. A dead dog - The wild dogs of the East, which still abound in every town, are the natural objects of contempt and dislike.

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 9:8→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. 2 Samuel 14:4–20

   When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:4–202 voices

   “And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king,.... Or after she had spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is probable; when she had saluted him with God save the king, or May the king live, or some such like expressions: she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance; to him as her king, in reverence of his majesty: and said, help, O king; signifying that she was in great distress, and came to him for assistance and deliverance.

   “Spake - Seems to be an accidental error for came, which is found in many manuscipts and versions. Help - literally, save (see the margin). It is the same cry as Hosanna, i. e. save now Psa 118:25.

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 14:4–20→

   Verse page →Original language →