3 Maccabees 1:25

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.

²⁴During this time the multitude kept on praying.

— 3 Maccabees 1:25 —

²⁶He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onward, 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.