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2 Maccabees 8:31-33
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 8:31-33
Good News Translation
31 They carefully collected all the enemy's weapons and stored them in strategic places, but the rest of the loot was taken to Jerusalem. 32 They executed the commanding officer of Timothy's forces, a godless man who had caused the Jews much suffering. 33 While celebrating their victory in the city of their ancestors, they burned alive those men who had set fire to the Temple gates. The dead included Callisthenes, who had hidden in a small house; and so he received the punishment he deserved for his evil deeds.
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