3 Maccabees 1:24

²²Along with these there were some of the citizens who took courage, and would not submit to his obstinacy, and his intention of carrying out his purpose.

²³Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defense of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.

— 3 Maccabees 1:24 —

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 onward, with the view of carrying out this design.