When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him.

We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it."

Then Joseph had another dream and told his brothers, "I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."

He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?"

so Moses went out to meet him, bowed before him, and kissed him. They asked about each other's health and then went into Moses' tent.

The next day a young man arrived from Saul's camp. To show his grief, he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head. He went to David and bowed to the ground in respect.

The woman went to the king, bowed down to the ground in respect, and said, "Help me, Your Majesty!"

Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

But once Jehoiada was dead, the leaders of Judah persuaded King Joash to listen to them instead.