And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
Ver. 47. Better than thy name, and his throne greater.] This wish of his servants was no grief of heart to the old king, but a matter of joy. So they prayed for Hector's son in Homer,
“ πατρος δ ογε πολλον αμεινων. ”
And Claudian thus bespeaketh Honorius the emperor -
“ Aspice, completur votum; iam natus adaequat
Te meritis, et quod magis est optabile, vincit. ”
And the king bowed himself upon the bed. ] Worshipping God, as Genesis 47:31 , and joining in prayer with his servants for his son. Some think he bowed himself to his son now crowned king: what, then, would he have done to his Lord, if present?, Psa 110:1 quos non honores in illum supplex ac venerabundus certatim contulisset? a
a Bucholcer.