lest we be chargeable unto thee Lest we be burdensome unto thee. Chargeableis derived from charge, in the now obsolete sense of -a load" or -burden," cp. 1 Thessalonians 2:9. It is "the first instance history offers of the ruinous cost of royal visits to those who are honoured with them." Kitto's Bible Illustr.p. 387.

blessed him i.e. dismissed him with a farewell blessing. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 19:39.

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