IV Maccabees 12:9

9 And they, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.

IV Maccabees 12:9 In-Context

7 And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we shall soon relate) saith,

8 Release me that I may speak to the king and all his friends.

9 And they, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.

10 And he, running up to the pans, said,

11 Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, wert thou not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to slay His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?