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2 Machabees (Douay-Reims Bible)

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2 Machabees: Science and History

  1. According to this (false) story, Antiochus and his men were smashed by stones, dismembered, and decaptitaed in the temple -- with God's help and approval, of course. (Antiochus IV actually died elsewhere from natural causes.) 1:16-17