2 Maccabees 13:7

7 Menelaus was put to death in that way, without even having the privilege of a burial,

2 Maccabees 13:7 In-Context

5 In that city there is a tower about 75 feet high. It is filled with ashes, and all around the inside of the tower is a platform sloping down into the ashes.

6 People accused of crimes against the gods or of any other serious crime are taken there and thrown down to their death.

7 Menelaus was put to death in that way, without even having the privilege of a burial,

8 and that was just what he deserved. He had often profaned the sacred ashes of the altar fire in the Temple, and now he met his death in ashes.

9 King Antiochus arrogantly continued his barbaric invasion of Judah, intending to deal with the Jews more harshly than his father had ever done.