3 Maccabees 5:14-16

Common English Bible

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. ¹⁶ The king, after considering this, returned to his drinking and commanded those who were present at the banquet to recline across from him.