2. He ordered his soldiers to bring the Hebrews forward one by one and to force them to eat pork and meat from animals sacrificed to idols.
3. If anyone refused to eat the forbidden meat, they were supposed to be tortured to death by being stretched on a wheel.
4. When they rounded up many people, the guards dragged Eleazar forward as the first from the herd to stand in front of the king. He was a man from a priestly family, a legal expert, and quite old. He was known to many in the tyrant’s court because he had been around for so long.
5. Antiochus looked at him and said,
6. "Old man, before I begin to have you tortured, I would advise you to eat the pork and save yourself.