2 Maccabees 5:24-26

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²⁴that he sent Apollonius,^[a] the commander of the Mysians, with an army of twenty-two thousand men, with orders to slaughter all the adult men and to sell the women and children into slavery. ²⁵When this man arrived in Jerusalem, he pretended to be peacefully disposed and waited until the holy Sabbath day. Then, finding the Jews abstaining from work, he ordered his men to parade fully armed. ²⁶He put to the sword all those who came out to watch, and then he charged into the city with his armed warriors and slaughtered a great number of people.

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2 Maccabees 5:24 Apollonius: the commander of the Mysians mentioned in 2 Mac 3:5; 4:4; 1 Mac 1:29.

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2 Maccabees 5:24-26

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