3 Maccabees 5:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ And the Jews, having escaped the announced hour, praised their holy God and again prayed that the one who is quickly reconciled to his people would show the might of his exceedingly strong hand to the arrogant Gentiles.

¹⁴ When it was almost the middle of the tenth hour, the person in charge of the invitations, seeing that the guests were gathered, approached the king and nudged him ¹⁵ After waking him with some difficulty, he informed him that the time of the banquet was already slipping by, and gave him an account concerning the matter.