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Menelaus thought of taking advantage of the opportunity, and stole some of the golden vessels from the Temple, which he then gave to Andronicus as gifts. He also managed to sell others in Tyre and in the neighboring cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
Lysimachus committed much sacrilegious plunder in Jerusalem with the connivance of Menelaus. When this became known, the populace rebelled against Lysimachus, who had already taken many golden vessels from the city. (2 Maccabees 4, 39)
when the king arrived at Tyre, three men sent by the council of the elders of Jerusalem told him of Menelaus' cruelty. (2 Maccabees 4, 44)
And for nearly forty days, there appeared throughout the city, galloping through the air, horsemen dressed in gold, (2 Maccabees 5, 2)
troops with swords drawn and formed in squadrons, cavalry squadrons in order of battle, attacks and charges from this side and that, movements of shields, many spears, arrows, missiles, the glitter of golden outfits and armor of all kinds. (2 Maccabees 5, 3)
He ordered his soldiers to kill without mercy everyone they encountered and to behead as well all those who took refuge in their houses. (2 Maccabees 5, 12)
Young and old perished; men, women and children were massacred, and infants and virgins were put to the sword. (2 Maccabees 5, 13)
Within only three days, there were eighty thousand victims - forty thousand perished in the slaughter and as many were sold as slaves. (2 Maccabees 5, 14)
Not content with this, Antiochus boldly entered the holiest Temple in the entire world, guided by Menelaus, the traitor to the law and country. (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
Antiochus also sent Apollonius with an army of twenty-two thousand soldiers with orders to behead all the grown men and sell the women and children. (2 Maccabees 5, 24)
and he killed all those who came out to see the show. Then, running through the streets, the soldiers killed many people. (2 Maccabees 5, 26)
After a while, the king sent an older Athenian to force the Jews to abandon their ancestral laws and no longer live according to the laws of God. (2 Maccabees 6, 1)
