2 Maccabees 13:7

7 In this manner the lawless Menelaus died. He didn't receive a proper burial.

2 Maccabees 13:7 In-Context

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.

9 The king became barbaric in his thoughts and intended to show the Jews far worse things than his father did.