3 Maccabees 5:35-37

Revised Standard Version

³⁵ Then the Jews, upon hearing what the king had said, praised the manifest Lord God, King of kings, since this also was his aid which they had received.

³⁶ The king, however, reconvened the party in the same manner and urged the guests to return to their celebrating. ³⁷ After summoning Hermon he said in a threatening tone, “How many times, you poor wretch, must I give you orders about these things?