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After marching for one hundred and fifty kilometers, they arrived in Charax, where the Jews were known as Tubians. (2 Maccabees 12, 17)
At the sight of the first battalion of Judas, terror and panic seized their enemies because of an apparition of Him who sees all things. They fled in all directions, so that they were dragged on the ground by their own companions and wounded by their own swords. (2 Maccabees 12, 22)
Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus' and Sosipater's troops. He very cunningly pleaded with them to let him go, for, as he said, he had the parents and brothers of most of the Jews in his power and they would surely be put to death if he were to be killed. (2 Maccabees 12, 24)
After defeating and destroying these enemies, he led an expedition against the walled city of Ephron, where Lysias had taken refuge with people of every race. Strong young men were stationed outside the walls and they fought bravely. And there were stores of war engines and missiles inside. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
After calling on the Lord almighty to crush the forces of the enemy, the Jews seized the city and killed more than twenty-five thousand of the people inside. (2 Maccabees 12, 28)
But as the Jews who lived there assured Judas that the inhabitants of that city had always treated them well and had received them favorably in times of persecution, (2 Maccabees 12, 30)
The battle began and some fell in the ranks of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 12, 34)
They found under the tunic of each of the dead men objects consecrated to the idols of Jamnia, which the Law forbade the Jews to wear. So it became clear to everyone why these men had died. (2 Maccabees 12, 40)
The king came with a heart full of evil designs, prepared to be more cruel to the Jews, than his father had been. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)
When the king saw the daring of the Jews, he tried to take control of their fortresses by using tricks. (2 Maccabees 13, 18)
He advanced against Beth-zur, a city strongly defended by the Jews; he attacked it but was repelled and defeated. (2 Maccabees 13, 19)
Rhodocus, one of Judas' men, gave secret information to the enemies. He was hunted, captured and executed. (2 Maccabees 13, 21)
