Now because we have maintenance from the king ' s palace - More literally: Now because at all times we are salted with the salt of the palace; i.e., We live on the king' s bounty, and must be faithful to our benefactor. Salt was used as the emblem of an incorruptible covenant; and those who ate bread and salt together were considered as having entered into a very solemn covenant. These hypocrites intimated that they felt their conscience bound by the league between them and the king; and therefore could not conscientiously see any thing going on that was likely to turn to the king' s damage. They were probably also persons in the pay of the Persian king.
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