Holy Scripture
3 Maccabees 6:22
Source: Septuagint
Original
22The king’s wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
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20And a cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralyzed the vehemence of his spirit.
21They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
— 3 Maccabees 6:22 —
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 labored to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.