For weeks, guards kept them locked up - roughing up some - until they handed over billions of dollars in what the prince insisted were ill-gotten gains.
According to God's will, good, righteous people are delivered to Heaven, while unrighteous people, as well as those who reject God's love, must spend an eternity in Hell.
But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.