2 Maccabees 8:32-34

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³² They killed the commander of Timothy’s forces, a most wicked man, and one who had greatly troubled the Jews. ³³ While they were celebrating the victory in the city of their ancestors, they burned those who had set fire to the sacred gates, Callisthenes and some others, who had fled into one little house; so these received the proper reward for their impiety.^[a]

³⁴ The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews,