4 Maccabees 3:7

7 David had been attacking the Philistines all day long, and together with the soldiers of his nation had slain many of them.

4 Maccabees 3:7 In-Context

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

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 slain many of them.

8 Then when evening fell, he came, sweating and quite exhausted, to the royal tent, around which the whole army of our ancestors had encamped.

9 Now all the rest were at supper,