2 Maccabees 5:24–26

²⁴And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort.

²⁵Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms.

²⁶And he slew all that were come forth to flee: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude.