OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 12:16

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Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was two furlongs broad, appeared to be filled with the deluge of blood.

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a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 2 furlongs is about 402 meters or 1/4 mile

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