2 Maccabees 14:32-34

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³² When they declared on oath that they did not know where the man was whom he wanted, ³³ he stretched out his right hand towards the sanctuary, and swore this oath: ‘If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this shrine of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and build here a splendid temple to Dionysus.’

³⁴ Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched out their hands towards heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words: