2 Maccabees 4:35-37

Common English Bible

³⁵ For this reason, not only Jews but also many other people were grieved and angry over the wicked murder of this man. ³⁶ When the king had returned from the region of Cilicia, the Jews in the city and some Greeks, feeling hatred for the senseless killing of Onias, obtained an audience with him. ³⁷ Antiochus was deeply grieved, moved to pity and tears, because of the modest behavior and good conduct of the dead man.