4 Maccabees 3:5-7

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⁵ For reason does not uproot the passions but is their antagonist.

King David’s Thirst

⁶ Now this can be explained more clearly by the story of King David’s thirst. ⁷ David had been attacking the Philistines all day long and together with the soldiers of his nation had killed many of them.^(A)