IV Maccabees 3:7

7 For after David had been attacking the Philistines the whole day, he with the soldiers of his nation slew many of them;

IV Maccabees 3:7 In-Context

5 For reasoning is not an eradicator, but an antagonist of the passions.

6 And this may be more clearly comprehended from the thirst of king David.

7 For after David had been attacking the Philistines the whole day, he with the soldiers of his nation slew many of them;

8 then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, about which the entire host of our ancestors was encamped.

9 Now all the rest of them were at supper;