3 Maccabees 5:19LXX

17This done, he asked them to enjoy themselves, and to indulge in mirth at this somewhat late hour of the banquet.

18Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and enquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.

19Hermon explained that he had done his bidding over night; and in this he was confirmed by his friends.

20The king, then, with a barbarity exceeding that of Phalaris, said, That they might thank his sleep of that day. Lose no time, and get ready the elephants against to-morrow, as you did before, for the destruction of these accursed Jews.

21When the king said this, the company present were glad, and approved; and then each man went to his own home.