4 Maccabees 4:24

²²For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.

²³And having subdued them, he established a decree that if any of them lived according to the laws of his country, he should die.

— 4 Maccabees 4:24 —

²⁵for even women, because they continued to circumcise their children, were flung down a precipice along with them, knowing beforehand of the punishment.

²⁶When, therefore, his decrees were disregarded by the people, he himself compelled by means of tortures everyone of this race, by tasting forbidden meats, to abjure the Jewish religion.