The man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he [Mathathias] slew at the same time ... And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees [Phinehas] did. 1 Machabees 2:25

Trivia: Who tried to uncircumcise themselves?

How many Philistines did Jonathan kill in his very first slaughter?


About twenty men

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 1 Samuel 14:14

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