swear: Heb. lift up the hand, Gen 14:22; Deu 32:40; Rev 10:5-6
healer: Heb. binder up, Isa 58:12; Jer 14:19; Lam 2:13; Hos 5:13, Hos 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 1Ki 4:22-23. Neh 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.