1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Maccabees 5:5

And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with fire, and all that were in them.

Destruction. Sometimes the people were spared. All depended on the wording of the vow, Leviticus 27:28., and Numbers 21:1. See other particulars, 2 Machabees 10:16., to 23. (Calmet)