Verse 7
swear: Heb. lift up the hand, Genesis 14:22, Deuteronomy 32:40, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:6
healer: Heb. binder up, Isaiah 58:12, Jeremiah 14:19, Lamentations 2:13, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 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 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23. Nehemiah 5:17, Nehemiah 5:18. 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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