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When the king returned to the regions of Coele-Syria, the Jews of Jerusalem, together with the Greeks who were for justice, went to see him and complained about the murder of Onias. (2 Maccabees 4, 36)
Jason cruelly massacred his fellow citizens, without realizing that his victory against his own nation was the greatest defeat. He seemed to believe that he was winning over enemies when, in reality, these were his own people. (2 Maccabees 5, 6)
Arriving in Jerusalem, under the pretext of peace, he waited until the holy day of the sabbath. Then he took the Jews by surprise as they rested. He ordered his men to conduct a military parade, (2 Maccabees 5, 25)
After a while, the king sent an older Athenian to force the Jews to abandon their ancestral laws and no longer live according to the laws of God. (2 Maccabees 6, 1)
At the suggestion of the inhabit-ants of Ptolemy, a decree was sent to the neighboring Greek cities ordering them to treat the Jews who lived there in the same way and oblige them to participate in the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 6, 8)
So he attacked them by surprise, set cities and villages on fire, captured strategic positions, and put to flight many of the enemies. (2 Maccabees 8, 6)
Ptolemy at once appointed Nicanor, son of Patroclus, one of the king's first Friends, and sent him at the head of some twenty thousand men coming from all nations, with the order to wipe out all the Jews. At his side, he put Gorgias, a general of much experience in matters of war. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)
He also reminded them of what had happened in Babylonia, in the battle against the Galatians. On that day, eight thousand Jews fought side by side with four thousand Macedonians, and as the Macedonians were hard pressed, their Jewish allies alone killed twenty thousand of the enemies' troops with heaven's help and seized a great booty. (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
With the help of the Almighty they slaughtered nine thousand enemies, wounded and crippled many, and put the rest to flight. (2 Maccabees 8, 24)
They seized the money of those who had come to buy the Jews, and pursued them for a good while. But it was nearly evening, (2 Maccabees 8, 25)
so they had to return because it was the vigil of the sabbath. That is why they stopped pursuing their enemies. (2 Maccabees 8, 26)
They gathered the weapons and the plunder of their enemies, and celebrated the sabbath on that day with praise and thanksgiving to God who had just saved them and had begun to show them his mercy. (2 Maccabees 8, 27)
