8 And it happened that, when the king heard these words, he was terrified and very moved. And he fell down on his bed, and he fell into feebleness out of grief. For it had not happened to him as he had intended.
9 And he was in that place through many days. For a great grief was renewed in him, and he concluded that he would die.
10 And he called all his friends, and he said to them: "Sleep has withdrawn from my eyes, and I am declining, and my heart has collapsed out of anxiety.
11 And I said in my heart: How much trouble has come to me, and what floods of sorrow there are, where I am now! I used to be cheerful and beloved in my power!
12 Truly, now, I remember the evils that I did in Jerusalem, from which place I also took away all the spoils of gold and silver that were in it, and I sent to carry away the inhabitants of Judah without cause.
13 Therefore, I know that it is because of this that these evils have found me. And behold, I perish with great sorrow in a foreign land."
14 Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he placed him first over all his kingdom.