2 Maccabees 14:39-41

New Catholic Bible

³⁹ Nicanor, in his determination to demonstrate his contempt for the Jews, sent more than five hundred soldiers to arrest him, ⁴⁰ for he thought that by such an action he would deliver a severe blow to the Jews. ⁴¹ When the troops were on the point of capturing the tower and were forcing open the outer gate, they called for fire to burn down the doors. Razis, finding himself surrounded on all sides, turned his sword on himself,