The messenger said, “God has taken away your sin. You are not going to die but because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for God, the son born to you will die.”
Immediately after the messenger had gone home, the King’s son became ill, the King pleaded to God for the child, he fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them, he continuously bes