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the king then dismissed the charges against Menelaus, the cause of all this evil, while he condemned to death the other poor wretches who, had they pleaded even before Scythians, would have been let off scot-free. (2 Maccabees 4, 47)
Some Tyrians even were so outraged by the crime that they provided sumptuously for their funeral, (2 Maccabees 4, 49)
while, as a result of the greed of the powerful, Menelaus remained in power, growing more wicked than ever and establishing himself as the chief enemy of his fellow-citizens. (2 Maccabees 4, 50)
So everyone prayed that this manifestation might prove a good omen. (2 Maccabees 5, 4)
Jason, however, made a pitiless slaughter of his fellow-citizens, oblivious of the fact that success against his own countrymen was the greatest of disasters, but rather picturing himself as winning trophies from some enemy, and not from his fellow- countrymen. (2 Maccabees 5, 6)
Even so, he did not manage to seize power; and, in the end, his machinations brought him nothing but shame, and he took refuge once more in Ammanitis. (2 Maccabees 5, 7)
His career of wickedness was thus brought to a halt: imprisoned by Aretas, the Arab despot, escaping from his town, hunted by everyone, detested for having overthrown the laws, abhorred as the butcher of his country and his countrymen, he drifted to Egypt. (2 Maccabees 5, 8)
He then ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy everyone they encountered, and to butcher all who took refuge in their houses. (2 Maccabees 5, 12)
The Lord, however, had not chosen the people for the sake of the holy place, but the holy place for the sake of the people; (2 Maccabees 5, 19)
Judas, also known as Maccabaeus, however, with about nine others, withdrew into the desert. He lived like the wild animals in the hills with his companions, eating nothing but wild plants to avoid contracting defilement. (2 Maccabees 5, 27)
The Temple was filled with revelling and debauchery by the gentiles, who took their pleasure with prostitutes and had intercourse with women in the sacred precincts, introducing other indecencies besides. (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
Other people, who had assembled in some near-by caves to keep the seventh day without attracting attention, were denounced to Philip, and were then all burnt to death together, since their consciences would not allow them to defend themselves, out of respect for the holiness of the day. (2 Maccabees 6, 11)
