1
When Malki-Tsedeq perceived that the city was gone, he withdrew into the wooded heights of Mount Tavor.
2
He lived there alone for seven years, separated from human settlement.
3
His garments wore away; his hair descended toward his loins; and his nails grew long.
4
The exposure of the mountain changed the appearance of his skin until the witness compares it with the hide of animals.
5
He survived on the inner substance of trees and upon roots.
6
Instead of drawing water from a vessel, he received the dew and drank from what gathered upon the ground.
7
His priesthood was not shown as an inherited office of the city that vanished, but as service formed through separation, endurance, and direct obedience.