31 When he had arrived there and had called his countrymen together and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel. (WEB) 32 Showing the head of the vile Nicanor and the hand of that profane man, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty, (WEB) 33 and cutting out the tongue of the impious Nicanor, he said that he would give it in pieces to the birds, and hang up these rewards of his folly near the sanctuary. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 15:31–33
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1 Maccabees 7:46–48
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1 Maccabees 7:41–43
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