Mephibosheth bowed again and said, "I am no better than a dead dog, sir! Why should you be so good to me?"

he looked up and saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran out to meet them. Bowing down with his face touching the ground,

Ruth bowed down with her face touching the ground, and said to Boaz, "Why should you be so concerned about me? Why should you be so kind to a foreigner?"

There at the threshing place Araunah and his four sons were threshing wheat, and when they saw the angel, the sons ran and hid.

As soon as Araunah saw King David approaching, he left the threshing place and bowed low, with his face touching the ground.