2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 3:18

ἔτι δὲ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν ἀγεληδὸν ἐξεπήδων ἐπὶ πάνδημον ἱκετείαν διὰ τὸ μέλλειν εἰς καταφρόνησιν ἔρχεσθαι τὸν τόπον.
King James Version (KJV)

Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.

Modern English

People poured out of their houses to join the general prayer, since the holy place itself seemed about to be disgraced.

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