3 Maccabees 6:21-23

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²¹ The animals turned back upon the armed forces following them and began trampling and destroying them.^(A)

²² Then the king’s anger was turned to pity and tears because of the things that he had devised earlier. ²³ For when he heard the shouting and saw them all lying prostrate for destruction, he wept and angrily threatened his Friends, saying,