3 Maccabees 5:47-49
Revised Standard Version
47 So he, when he had filled his impious mind with a deep rage, rushed out in full force along with the beasts, wishing to witness, with invulnerable heart and with his own eyes, the grievous and pitiful destruction of the aforementioned people. 48 And when the Jews saw the dust raised by the elephants going out at the gate and by the following armed forces, as well as by the trampling of the crowd, and heard the loud and tumultuous noise, 49 they thought that this was their last moment of life, the end of their most miserable suspense, and giving way to lamentation and groans they kissed each other, embracing relatives and falling into one another’s arms[a]—parents and children, mothers and daughters, and others with babies at their breasts who were drawing their last milk.
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- 3 Maccabees 5:49 Gk falling upon their necks
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