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When he had urged her with many words, she undertook to persuade her son.
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Verse 26. Promised. A promise regards something good; so that if a person should even bind himself by an oath to do evil, he must refrain, as to comply would he another sin. Worthington.—This woman promised to counsel, but not as the king wished, ( Bible.) to gain a prolongation of life and worldly honours for her son. Menochius.—Such an equivocation was lawful. Worthington.—The king might blame himself if he was deceived. Bible.
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