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Antiochus sent Apollonius, the captain of the Mysians, with an army of twenty-two thousand, and commanded him to slay all the grown men and to sell the women and boys as slaves. (2 Maccabees 5, 24)
For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and besides brought in things for sacrifice that were unfit. (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
For example, two women were brought in for having circumcised their children. These women they publicly paraded about the city, with their babies hung at their breasts, then hurled them down headlong from the wall. (2 Maccabees 6, 10)
When Timothy learned of the approach of Judas, he sent off the women and the children and also the baggage to a place called Carnaim; for that place was hard to besiege and difficult of access because of the narrowness of all the approaches. (2 Maccabees 12, 21)
he got word that Philip, who had been left in charge of the government, had revolted in Antioch; he was dismayed, called in the Jews, yielded and swore to observe all their rights, settled with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and showed generosity to the holy place. (2 Maccabees 13, 23)
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge. (Proverbs 29, 7)
Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. (Proverbs 31, 3)
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. (Proverbs 31, 5)
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate. (Proverbs 31, 8)
Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy. (Proverbs 31, 9)
"Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." (Proverbs 31, 29)
I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, man's delight. (Ecclesiastes 2, 8)
