Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our sons are like their sons. Look, we are subduing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and there are some from our daughters being molested. {We are powerless}, and our fields and vineyards [belong] to others."

And they sent a message to me four times like this, and I returned an answer like this to them.

But I said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!"

Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.