3 Maccabees 6:14-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁴ The whole throng of infants and their parents entreat you with tears. ¹⁵ Let it be shown to all the Gentiles that you are with us, O Lord, and have not turned your face from us; but just as you have said, “Not even when they were in the land of their enemies did I neglect them”, so accomplish it, O Lord.’

Two Angels Rescue the Jews

¹⁶ Just as Eleazar was ending his prayer, the king arrived at the hippodrome with the animals and all the arrogance of his forces.