3 Maccabees 5:28-30

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²⁸ This was the act of God who rules over all things, for he had implanted in the king’s mind a forgetfulness of the things he had previously devised. ²⁹ Then Hermon and all the king’s Friends^[a] pointed out that the animals and the armed forces were ready, “O king, according to your eager purpose.”^{[b](A) 30} But at these words he was filled with an overpowering wrath because by the providence of God his whole mind had been deranged concerning these matters, and with a threatening look he said,