23
Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defence of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.
24
During this time the multitude kept on praying.
25
The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
26
He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onwards with the view of carrying out this design.
27
Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.