4
The king of kings, however, aroused Antiochus' anger against the sinner. When Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all the evils, Antiochus commanded that Menelaus be brought to Beroea and executed according to the custom there.
5
That place has a tower seventy-five feet tall and full of ashes with a steep rim on all sides leading into the ashes.
6
Here anyone guilty of temple robbery or other similar crimes is thrown down to their death.
7
In this manner the lawless Menelaus died. He didn't receive a proper burial.
8
This was completely just, since he had committed many sins against the altar whose fire and ashes were holy, so in ashes he died.