2 Maccabees 12:6-8

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⁶ and, calling upon God, the righteous judge, attacked the murderers of his kindred. He set fire to the harbor by night, burned the boats, and massacred those who had taken refuge there.^{(A) 7} Then, because the city’s gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again and root out the whole community of Joppa.^{(B) 8} But learning that the people in Jamnia meant in the same way to wipe out the Jews who were living among them,^(C)