3 Maccabees 4:18
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
inasmuch as there were many still left in the land, of whom some were in inhabited houses, and others were scattered about in various places; so that all the commanders in Egypt were insufficient for the work.
Greek · Brenton
τῶν μὲν κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας ἔτι συνεστηκότων, τῶν δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὸπον, ὡς ἀδυνάτου καθεστῶτος πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον στρατηγοῖς,