Judea in Battle

I want to tell you a story, a personal one, about a mission I undertook. It all started with a plea. I saw an opportunity to speak to the king, to advocate for the Jewish captives. These were people who had been brought from Judea to Egypt by the king's own father, back when he first seized this city and conquered the land. Can you imagine the displacement, the hardship?

It was a weighty task, and one I embraced wholeheartedly.

Speaking of stories, I want to share this one with you too, because I know your heart. I know your leanings toward holiness, your empathy for those who live by sacred law. You, who have only recently arrived from the island, eager to hear anything that nourishes the soul. I know you'll appreciate the account I'm about to share.

This embassy then I undertook with enthusiasm, having first of all found an opportunity of pleading with the king on behalf of the Jewish captives who had been transported from Judea to Egypt by the king's father, when he first obtained possession of this city and conquered the land of Egypt.

It is worth while that I should tell you this story, too, since I am convinced that you, with your disposition towards holiness and your sympathy with men who are living in accordance with the holy law, will all the more readily listen to the account which I purpose to set forth, since you yourself have lately come to us from the island and are anxious to hear everything that tends to build up the soul.