4 Maccabees 3:8

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.

4 Maccabees 3:8 In-Context

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,

10 but the king was extremely thirsty, and although springs were plentiful there, he could not satisfy his thirst from them.