* 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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