33
So Hermon suffered an unexpected and dangerous threat, and his eyes wavered and his face fell.
34
The king's Friends one by one sullenly slipped away and dismissed the assembled people to their own occupations.
35
Then the Jews, on hearing what the king had said, praised the manifest Lord God, King of kings, since this also was his aid that they had received.
36
The king, however, reconvened the party in the same manner and urged the guests to return to their celebrating.
37
After summoning Hermon he said in a threatening tone, "How many times, you poor wretch, must I give you orders about these things?
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