2 Maccabees 5:5

Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle:

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Overview of 2 Maccabees 5:5

Summary

False report triggers violent uprising

Place

Jerusalem

Event

Jason launches military assault

Estimated Time Period

c. 169 BC