2 Maccabees 12:4

4 This was a decision made by the city as a whole. The Jews accepted the invitation because they desired to live together with them peaceably, and the Jews had no suspicions. But they took them out to sea and drowned them—no fewer than two hundred people.

2 Maccabees 12:4 In-Context

2 But some of the regional governors—Timothy and Apollonius (Gennaeus' son), Hieronymous and Demophon, as well as Nicanor the commander from Cyprus—wouldn't permit them to live in peace.

3 Some men from Joppa committed a horrible act. After calling together the Jews living among them with their wives and children, they invited them to go sailing in boats that they provided. They acted as if they had no hostility against them at all.

4 This was a decision made by the city as a whole. The Jews accepted the invitation because they desired to live together with them peaceably, and the Jews had no suspicions. But they took them out to sea and drowned them—no fewer than two hundred people.

5 When Judas received news of the cruelty that had happened to his fellow Jews, he gave orders to his troops.

6 After calling out to God the righteous judge, he moved against the murderers of their brothers, setting fire to the harbor by night, burning the boats, and killing those who took refuge there.