3 Maccabees 5:18
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and enquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
Greek · Brenton
Ἐπιπλεῖον δὲ προβαινούσης τῆς ὁμιλίας, τὸν Ἕρμωνα μεταπεμψάμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς, μετὰ πικρὰς ἀπειλῆς ἐπυνθάνετο, τίνος ἕνεκεν αἰτίας εἰάθησαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὴν περοῦσαν ἡμέραν περιβεβιωκότες.