Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 3:10
Source: Septuagint
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10but the king, being very much athirst, although he had numerous springs, could not by their means quench his thirst;
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8then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, about which the entire host of our ancestors was encamped.
9Now all the rest of them were at supper;
— 4 Maccabees 3:10 —
11but a certain irrational longing for the water in the enemy’s camp grew stronger and fiercer upon him, and consumed him with languish.
12Wherefore his bodyguards being troubled at this longing of the king, two valiant young soldiers, reverencing the desire of the king, put on their panoplies, and taking a pitcher, got over the ramparts of the enemies: