2 Maccabees 5:11–16

¹¹Now when ^rthis that was done came to the king’s ear, he thought that Judea had revolted: whereupon ^sremoving out of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms, ¹²and ^tcommanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses. ^13uThus there was killing of young and old, ^wmaking away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants. ¹⁴And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain. ¹⁵Yet was he not content with this, but ^xpresumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; ^hMenelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide: ¹⁶and ^xtaking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down ^ythe things that were dedicated by other kings to the augmentation and glory and honour of the place, he gave them away.