3 Maccabees 1:25
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
Greek · Brenton
Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν βασιλέα πρεσβύτεροι πολλαχῶς ἐπειρῶντο τὸν ἀγέρωχον αὐτοῦ νοῦν ἐξιστάνειν τῆς ἐντεθυμημένης βουλῆς.