Israelites who had ignored the command of Antiochus Epiphanes are attacked and slaughtered - men, women and children - by the king's army on the Sabbath. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Macc. 2. Army of Antiochus Epiphanes kills Israelites History of the Maccabees Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti , print maker: Johannes Wierix, Gerard van Groeningen, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1579, paper, engraving, h 204 mm × w 286 mm

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