For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy along the way: because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek him; but his power and his anger is against all those who forsake him.
Moreover I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may bring me over till I come into Judah;