3 Maccabees 6:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²² Then the king’s anger was turned to pity and tears because of the things that he had devised beforehand. ²³ For when he heard the shouting and saw them all fallen headlong to destruction, he wept and angrily threatened his Friends, saying, ²⁴ ‘You are committing treason and surpassing tyrants in cruelty; and even me, your benefactor, you are now attempting to deprive of dominion and life by secretly devising acts of no advantage to the kingdom.