4 Maccabees 4:9
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
Greek · Brenton
Τῶν δὲ ἱερέων μετὰ γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἱκετευσάντων τὸν Θεὸν ὑπερασπίσαι τοῦ ἱεροῦ καταφρονουμένου τόπου.