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3 Kings 2:20

And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee, do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother, ask: for I must not turn away thy face.

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In the palace

TraditionalA Throne Was Set for the King's Mother: The Queen Mother of David's House and the Queen of Heaven

The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Dixitque ei : Petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te : ne confundas faciem meam. Et dixit ei rex : Pete, mater mea : neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Αἴτησιν μίαν ἐγὼ μικρὰν αἰτοῦμαι παρὰ σοῦ, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ βασιλεύς Αἴτησαι, μήτηρ ἐμή, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψω σε.
Hebrew (WLC): וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שְׁאֵלָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת קְטַנָּה֙ אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁאֶ֣לֶת מֵֽאִתָּ֔ךְ אַל תָּ֖שֶׁב אֶת פָּנָ֑י וַיֹּֽאמֶר לָ֤הּ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ שַׁאֲלִ֣י אִמִּ֔י כִּ֥י לֹֽא אָשִׁ֖יב אֶת פָּנָֽיִךְ

Haydock's commentary

Thy face, with confusion. He engages to grant her request, if it could be done with any propriety, (Calmet) as a son ought to do. (Worthington)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.