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what does ‘is there no help for the widow’s son’ means?

I’m reading Dan Brown’s Lost symbol at the moment and I’ve been intrigued with that phase.anyone who knows what it means?thanks

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I can’t wait to read that… I found the following site as a reference. Have fun!!It is a common masonic call: 15. But, three wicked men intervened and committed a horrible crime. They attempted to force one of the Masons, one of the faithful Masons who had discovered the treasure, Hiram Abif: or Hiram, the widow’s son, to reveal the hiding (place) and the contents of the hidden treasure. 16. He would not reveal his knowledge and therefore they killed him.17. While being slain, Hiram, with uplifted hands, cried out, “Oh Lord, My God, is there no help for the widow’s son?” This has since become a general Masonic distress call.18. Then three loyal Masons, seeking revenge, pursued the three evil ones.19. One of the three faithful Masons overtook one of the archvillains. He was asleep with his sword, or knife, nearby.20. The “Mason slew the villain with his own knife by cutting off his head.21. In Masonic ceremonies, the words “strike off his head” were employed.22. Also in Masonic ceremonies. In revolutionary France, the re-acting of the killing of this villain, the tyrant’s name was King Phillippe le Bel. (Philip IV or the Fair who destroyed the Knights Templar. M. B. H.)... Show More
just looking at the sentence I would take the meaning to be that a widow’s son has no father (his father having passed making his mother a widow), he has no hope because without a father there is no man to guide him in the ways of the world.... Show More

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