1
Before the final devastation, Eved-Melekh went outside the city to a garden belonging to Agrippa.
2
He carried figs and provisions, seeking relief from the violence within Yerushalayim.
3
Weariness came upon him beneath a tree.
4
He lay down and slept.
5
His sleep was not ordinary, for Yahuah hid him from the years of destruction and exile.
6
What seemed to him a short rest became the passing of generations.