2 Maccabees 4:6
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
for he saw that it was impossible that the state should continue quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless the king did look thereunto.
Greek · Brenton
Ἑώρα γὰρ ἄνευ βασιλικῆς προνοίας ἀδύνατον εἶναι τυχεῖν εἰρήνης ἔτι τὰ πράγματα, καὶ τὸν Σίμωνα παῦλαν οὐ ληψόμενον τῆς ἀνοίας.