2 Maccabees 1:13–16

¹³When the leader reached Persia with a force that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanea by a deception employed by the priests of the goddess^c Nanea.^{* 14}On the pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his Friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry.^{* 15}When the priests of the temple of Nanea had set out the treasures and Antiochus had come with a few men inside the wall of the sacred precinct, they closed the temple as soon as he entered it. ¹⁶Opening a secret door in the ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the leader and his men; they dismembered them and cut off their heads and threw them to the people outside.