| I Kings 2:19
| Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.
| To her. Only fools will despise their parents, Proverbs 15:20., Ecclesiasticus 3:18., and Tobias 4:3. The Persians would allow no one to sit in his mother's presence, without her leave; and Alexander would treat Sysigambis with the like respect. (Q. Curt. v.) --- Right hand. In the most honourable place, next to his own, Genesis 48:13. The Turks and Persians give the preference to the left. (Xenophon, Cyrop. viii.)
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