4 Maccabees 3:7

7 David had been attacking the enemy all day long, and he had killed many of them with the help of his nation's soldiers.

4 Maccabees 3:7 In-Context

5 clear thinking does not uproot the emotions, but it is their opponent.

6 This can be shown more clearly by the story of when King David was thirsty.

7 David had been attacking the enemy all day long, and he had killed many of them with the help of his nation's soldiers.

8 When it was evening, he returned to his royal tent, dripping with sweat and completely exhausted. The whole army of our ancestors was camped around it,

9 and all the others were eating dinner.

Footnotes

• [a] Or the foreigners