frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the corruption of human nature.”21 To drive home the point, he canonized those scriptures in which he was rebuked for his inconstancy and weakness: “How oft you have transgressed the commandments and the laws of God,” the Lord told him.22 He “feared man more than God,” and went “on in the persuasions of men,” and was chastised as “not excusable in [his] transgressions.”
