3 Maccabees 6:23LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 23 of 41
"For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,"
In context
21They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
22The king's wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
23For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,
24Ye have governed badly; and have exceeded tyrants in cruelty; and me your benefactor ye have laboured to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.
25Who has gathered here, unreasonably removing each from his home, those who, in fidelity to us, had held the fortresses of the country?