Dict: smith - SURETYSHIP

smith:

SURETYSHIP - S>@ - In the entire absence of commerce the law laid down no rules on the subject of suretyship; but it is evident that in the time of Solomon commercial dealings had become so multiplied that suretyship in the commercial sense was common. kjv@Proverbs:6:1 kjv@Proverbs:11:15 kjv@Proverbs:17:18 ; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13) But in older times the notion of one man becoming a surety for a service to be discharged by another was in full force.
See kjv@Genesis:44:32) The surety of course became liable for his client’s debts in case of his failure.