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မာ့ခ်စ္စ 6:23
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he: 1 Samuel 28:10, 2 Kings 6:31, Matthew 5:34-37, Matthew 14:7
Whatsoever: Esther 5:3, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Proverbs 6:2, Matthew 4:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:33 - Swear Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Deuteronomy 23:23 - hast vowed Judges 21:1 - There 1 Kings 13:8 - If Proverbs 18:7 - his lips Ecclesiastes 5:2 - not rash Acts 23:12 - bound Acts 25:3 - desired
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he sware unto her,.... He added an oath to what he had before said, the more to confirm it, and to encourage her in her request, and which he repeated in stronger language:
whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom; :-.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. Unto the half of my kingdom. — A noble price for a dance! This extravagance in favour of female dancers has the fullest scope in the east, even to the present day. M. Anquetil du Perron, in the preliminary discourse to his Zend Avesta, p. 344 and 345, gives a particular account of the dancers at Surat. This account cannot be transcribed in a comment on the Gospel of God, however illustrative it might be of the conduct of Herodias and her daughter Salome: it is too abominable for a place here. He observes, that the rich vie with each other in the presents they make to the dancing girls of money and jewels; and that persons of opulence have even ruined themselves by the presents they made to those victims of debauch. He mentions a remarkable case, which may throw light on this passage: "That the dancer Laal-koner gained such a complete ascendancy over the Mogul Emperor Maaz-eddin, that he made her joint governess of the empire with himself."
