2 Maccabees 13:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ Menelaus was put to death in that way, without even having the privilege of a burial, ⁸ and that was just what he deserved. He had often profaned the sacred ashes of the altar fire in the Temple, and now he met his death in ashes.

A Battle Near the City of Modein

⁹ King Antiochus arrogantly continued his barbaric invasion of Judah, intending to deal with the Jews more harshly than his father had ever done.