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And for this the sons of our people have become our enemies; they have put to death as many of us as they could find and have plundered our estates. (1 Maccabees 6, 24)
Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus, before his death, had appointed to train his son Antiochus to be king, (1 Maccabees 6, 55)
After the death of Judas, the transgressors of the law raised their heads in every part of Israel, and all kinds of evildoers appeared. (1 Maccabees 9, 23)
In fact, Jonathan's men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were ringleaders in the mischief and put them to death. (1 Maccabees 9, 61)
On hearing this, John was utterly astounded. When the men came to kill him, he had them arrested and put to death, for he knew what they meant to do. (1 Maccabees 16, 22)
Thereupon Menelaus approached Andronicus privately and asked him to lay hands on Onias. So Andronicus went to Onias, and by treacherously reassuring him through sworn pledges with right hands joined, persuaded him, in spite of his suspicions, to leave the sanctuary. Then, without any regard for justice, he immediately put him to death. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)
Inflamed with anger, he immediately stripped Andronicus of his purple robe, tore off his other garments, and had him led through the whole city to the very place where he had committed the outrage against Onias; and there he put the murderer to death. Thus the Lord rendered him the punishment he deserved. (2 Maccabees 4, 38)
Menelaus, who was the cause of all the trouble, the king acquitted of the charges, while he condemned to death those poor men who would have been declared innocent even if they had pleaded their case before Scythians. (2 Maccabees 4, 47)
In the space of three days, eighty thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the same number being sold into slavery. (2 Maccabees 5, 14)
and put to death those who would not consent to adopt the customs of the Greeks. It was obvious, therefore, that disaster impended. (2 Maccabees 6, 9)
Others, who had assembled in nearby caves to observe the sabbath in secret, were betrayed to Philip and all burned to death. In their respect for the holiness of that day, they had scruples about defending themselves. (2 Maccabees 6, 11)
But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement, he spat out the meat, and went forward of his own accord to the instrument of torture, (2 Maccabees 6, 19)
