3 Maccabees 6:39LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 39 of 41
"The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed."
In context
37They requested the king to send them back to their homes.
38They were being enrolled from the twenty-fifth of Pachon to the fourth of Epiphi, a period of forty days: the measures taken for their destruction lasted from the fifth of Epiphi till the seventh, that is, three days.
39The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.
40They feasted upon the king's provision up to the fourteenth day, and then asked to be sent away.
41The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.