Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. (1 Kings 2:19)
The honor Solomon showed toward his mother provided a fitting example for the people of his day, even as it does for us today. In ancient courts the queen mother was often highly honored.