21
When the king said this, the company present were glad, and approved; and then each man went to his own home.
22
Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
23
The morning cock had just crowed, and Hermon, having harnessed the brutes, was stimulating them in the great colonnade.
24
The city crowds were collected together to see the hideous spectacle, and waited impatiently for the dawn.
25
The Jews, breathless with momentary suspense, stretched forth their hands, and prayed the Greatest God, in mournful strains, again to help them speedily.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.