3 Maccabees 5:10-12

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¹⁰ Hermon, however, when he had drugged the pitiless elephants until they had been filled with a great abundance of wine and satiated with frankincense, presented himself at court early in the morning to report to the king about these preparations.^{(A) 11} But the Lord^[a] sent upon the king a portion of sleep, that beneficence that from the beginning, night and day, is bestowed by him who grants it to whomever he wishes. ¹² And by the action of the Lord he was overcome by so pleasant and deep a sleep^[b] that he quite failed in his lawless purpose and was completely frustrated in his inflexible plan.