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Ezr 4:14 (KJV) — Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

Ezr 4:14 (NASB) — "Now because we *are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

have maintenance, etc.	"Chal. are salted with the salt of the palace. Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, ""I eat such a one's salt,"" meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship."
and it was	Eze 33:31; Jhn 12:5,6; Jhn 19:12-15