3 Maccabees 1:26LXX

24During this time the multitude kept on praying.

25The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.

26He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onwards, with the view of carrying out this design.

27Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.

28Such was the frequency and the vehemence of the cry of the assembled crowd, that an indescribable noise ensued.