3 Maccabees 2:24-26

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²⁴ After a while he recovered, and though he had been punished, he by no means repented but went away uttering bitter threats.

Hostile Measures against the Jews

²⁵ When he arrived in Egypt, he increased in his deeds of malice, abetted by the previously mentioned drinking companions and comrades who were strangers to everything just. ²⁶ He was not content with his uncounted licentious deeds but even continued with such audacity that he established an evil reputation in the various localities, and many of his Friends, intently observing the king’s purpose, themselves also followed his will.