16 They trusted him. Then he seized sixty men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which was written, (WEB) 17 The flesh of your saints and their blood was shed all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. (WEB) 18 The fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is neither truth nor justice in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they swore.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:16–18
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