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he attacked the people of Jamnia by night and set fire to the harbor and the fleet, so that the glow of the light was seen in Jerusalem, thirty miles distant. (2 Maccabees 12, 9)
Setting out from there, they hastened to Scythopolis, which is seventy-five miles from Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 12, 29)
they thanked them and exhorted them to be well disposed to their race in the future also. Then they went up to Jerusalem, as the feast of weeks was close at hand. (2 Maccabees 12, 31)
When they joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews fell. (2 Maccabees 12, 34)
As Esdris and his men had been fighting for a long time and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself their ally and leader in the battle. (2 Maccabees 12, 36)
In the language of their fathers he raised the battle cry, with hymns; then he charged against Gorgias' men when they were not expecting it, and put them to flight. (2 Maccabees 12, 37)
He also took up a collection, man by man, to the amount of two thousand drachmas of silver, and sent it to Jerusalem to provide for a sin offering. In doing this he acted very well and honorably, taking account of the resurrection. (2 Maccabees 12, 43)
At the command of the leader, they set out from there immediately and engaged them in battle at a village called Dessau. (2 Maccabees 14, 16)
Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of Judas and his men and their courage in battle for their country, shrank from deciding the issue by bloodshed. (2 Maccabees 14, 18)
Nicanor stayed on in Jerusalem and did nothing out of the way, but dismissed the flocks of people that had gathered. (2 Maccabees 14, 23)
A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a man who loved his fellow citizens and was very well thought of and for his good will was called father of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 14, 37)
When all were now looking forward to the coming decision, and the enemy was already close at hand with their army drawn up for battle, the elephants strategically stationed and the cavalry deployed on the flanks, (2 Maccabees 15, 20)
