* swear. Heb. lift up the hand.
Ge 14:22 De 32:40 Re 10:5,6
* healer. Heb. binder up.
58:12 Jer 14:19 La 2:13 Ho 5:13 6:1
* neither bread.
Princes and great men in the East, as Sir J. Chardin
testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes in
readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity
of provisions for the table is equally necessary, (see 1; Ki
4:22, 23. Ne 5:17, 18.) Hence the person desired to
undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not
able to support the dignity of his station.
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