2 Maccabees 5:24

He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:

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Overview of 2 Maccabees 5:24

Summary

General commanded to massacre and enslave

Place

Jerusalem

Event

Military genocide ordered

Estimated Time Period

c. 167 BC