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3 Maccabees 5:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Maccabees 5:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 So their entreaty ascended fervently to heaven.
10 Hermon, however, when he had drugged the pitiless elephants until they had been filled with a great abundance of wine and satiated with frankincense, presented himself at court early in the morning to report to the king about these preparations.(A) 11 But the Lord[a] sent upon the king a portion of sleep, that beneficence that from the beginning, night and day, is bestowed by him who grants it to whomever he wishes.
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