3 Maccabees 4:12
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
When this was done, the king, hearing that their brethren in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,
Greek · Brenton
Ὡς δὲ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη, ἀκούσας τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὁμοεθνεῖς κρυβῇ ἐκπορευομένους πυκνότερον ἀποδύρεσθαι τὴν ἀκλεᾶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ταλαιπωρίαν,