2 Maccabees 13:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ In that city there is a tower about 75 feet high. It is filled with ashes, and all around the inside of the tower is a platform sloping down into the ashes. ⁶ People accused of crimes against the gods or of any other serious crime are taken there and thrown down to their death. ⁷ Menelaus was put to death in that way, without even having the privilege of a burial,