2 Maccabees 1:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ When the priests of Nanea had set it out, the king entered with a few men into the enclosed space of the shrine. After closing off the temple as Antiochus entered, ¹⁶ and opening the hidden door of the ceiling, they threw stones that struck down the ruler like a bolt of lightning. After dismembering and beheading the bodies, they tossed the heads to those outside.

¹⁷ May our God who gave up the immoral to death be praised in every way!