3 Maccabees 5:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Now when Hermon had made the savage elephants drunk so that they were full of a great quantity of wine and drugged with frankincense, he came to the palace courtyard early in the morning to report to the king. ¹¹ But God sent to the king a portion of sleep, the precious creation from before recorded time, granted night and day by the one who gives it generously to whomever he wishes. ¹² By the Lord’s doing, the king was overcome by a most pleasant and deep sleep,^[a] such that he utterly failed in his unlawful purpose and was completely cheated out of his stubborn plan.