1 SAMUEL 20:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.”
And when the boy had gone, David rose up from the hiding place toward the south, and fell on his face, and bowed himself three times — David's emergence from hiding (*va'yakam David min hanega'* from the south) and his *va'yipol al panav vayishtachau shlosh pe'amim* (fell on his face and bowed three times) marks a moment of profound emotion. The triple bow is a gesture of utmost respect and covenantal devotion, David's physical acknowledgment of Jonathan's sacrifice.
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