Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Ver. 18. Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting.] As good reason he had, for the love and loss of such a counsellor, whom he had unwittingly betrayed, but wittingly condemned, and now he is self-condemned for so doing. His conscience was perplexed for his injustice, so that he careth neither for food nor music.