And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”
And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
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