2 Maccabees 7:7

So when the first was dead after this number, they brought the second to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body?

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Overview of 2 Maccabees 7:7

Summary

Second brother subjected to humiliation and torture

Event

Torturing second brother publicly

Estimated Time Period

c. 167 BC