I Reyes 1:23 Halajá: Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars

The king gets his hair cut every day. He grooms himself and adorns himself in resplendent garments, as it says, “your eyes shall gaze upon the king in his beauty” (Isaiah 33:17). The king sits on a throne in his palace and he wears a crown on his head. The entire nation comes to him when he wants, and stands before him and bows to the ground. Even a prophet stands before the king and bows to the ground, as it says, “…behold, Nathan the Prophet; and he came in before the king and bowed down to the king with his face to the ground” (I Kings 1:23). However, the Kohen Godol does not appear before the king unless he¹⁴The Kohen Godol. wants to nor does he stand before him. Rather, the king stands before the Kohen Godol, as it says, “and he stood before Eliezer the Kohen” (Numbers 27:21). Nevertheless, the Kohen Godol is commanded to honor the king, he seats him, and stands before him when he comes to him. The king should not stand before him unless he is there to ask of the Urim. The king must give honor to those who study Torah. When the Sanhedrin and the Sages of Israel enter, he must stand for them and he seats them by his side. So did Asa¹⁵In some editions: Yehoshofat. King of Judah do when he stood up from his throne for a Torah scholar and kissed him and called him “my rabbi, and my teacher”. This applies when the king is at home alone with only his servants present, and he does this and similar things privately. But in public, before the people, he does not do this. Then he stands for no one and does not speak gently and does not call any one, but by his name. This is so that reverence¹⁶Lit., awe. for him will fill the hearts of all.