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How did he explain why he wants to go to the room?
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Malbim: It is special for eating there.
2)
Why did she consent to be secluded with him?
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Radak (19, citing Sanhedrin 21a): They decreed against seclusion with a single woman due to (only after) this episode. They said, if this can occur to king's daughters, all the more so to commoners! If this can occur to modest women, all the more so to immodest women!
