'Reluctant' in the Bible

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her.