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God willed that they should take possession of the city, and they carried out an incredible slaughter: the nearby lake, five hundred meters wide, seemed filled with blood. (2 Maccabees 12, 16)
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)
Moving off from there, they went to Scythopolis, a city one hundred and twenty kilometers from Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 12, 29)
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)
Judas reorganized his army, and then went to the city of Adullam. Since it was the week's end, they purified themselves and celebrated the sabbath there. (2 Maccabees 12, 38)
Judas entrusted the decision to the Creator of the world, and encouraged his men to fight heroically to the death for the Law, the Temple, the city, the country and the institutions. So he left with his army and encamped near Modein. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)
He advanced against Beth-zur, a city strongly defended by the Jews; he attacked it but was repelled and defeated. (2 Maccabees 13, 19)
Judas supplied the defenders of the city with everything they needed. (2 Maccabees 13, 20)
Then Onias, the High Priest, said to Judas, "This is he who loves your brothers, he who prays without ceasing for the Jewish people and for the Holy City. He is Jeremiah, the prophet of God." (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
Encouraged by these beautiful words of Judas, which were able to encourage righteous people and strengthen young souls, they determined not to set up camp with defenses. They decided instead to rush out bravely and take the offensive to settle the matter by fighting bravely, for the Holy City Jerusalem, their religion and the Temple were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
Regarding those who had stayed in the city, their anxiety was by no means little, since they were worried about the battle that was about to begin in the camp. (2 Maccabees 15, 19)
