1 Maccabees 1:59-61

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ On the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar built over the altar for entirely burned offerings. ⁶⁰ In keeping with the decree, they killed women who had circumcised their sons. ⁶¹ They hanged the infant boys from their mothers’ necks. The king’s agents also killed the families of the women as well as those who had performed the circumcisions.