23--> 18. And when the lord had done speaking, there was a great shout among the people; his counsel was as the counsel of Ahithopel in the days of David king of Israel! and he was set over the whole realm, and was next unto the king.
19. And the counsel pleased the king and his servants; and the king made a decree, and sent it to the governor by one of the tall ships of Britain.
20. And when the governor of the town had received the king's letters, he set a watch in the gate thereof : and the captain of the king's ship cast anchor in the river and no ship could pass that way.
21. Now it came to pass, when the peo- ple of the provinces had heard that their brethren in the town were in a great strait, they sent to speak comfortable words un- to them, and gave them goodly gifts.
22. And the great council of the province. even the great Sanhedrim of the people
