And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
Ver. 18. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground.] Incurvasit sese in nares versus terram. - Vat. He made very low obeisance. Among the Jews at this day, the gesture of adoration in their synagogues is the bowing forward of their bodies; for kneeling they use none, as neither do the Greeks. a
a Sandys's Relat. of West. Religion.