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Word came to Judas concerning Nicanor's invasion; and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army, (2 Maccabees 8, 12)
Others sold all their remaining property, and at the same time besought the Lord to rescue those who had been sold by the ungodly Nicanor before he ever met them, (2 Maccabees 8, 14)
Moreover, he told them of the times when help came to their ancestors; both the time of Sennacherib, when one hundred and eighty-five thousand perished, (2 Maccabees 8, 19)
In encounters with the forces of Timothy and Bacchides they killed more than twenty thousand of them and got possession of some exceedingly high strongholds, and they divided very much plunder, giving to those who had been tortured and to the orphans and widows, and also to the aged, shares equal to their own. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)
Besides this, the Idumeans, who had control of important strongholds, were harassing the Jews; they received those who were banished from Jerusalem, and endeavored to keep up the war. (2 Maccabees 10, 15)
But Maccabeus and his men, after making solemn supplication and beseeching God to fight on their side, rushed to the strongholds of the Idumeans. (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
When word of what had happened came to Maccabeus, he gathered the leaders of the people, and accused these men of having sold their brethren for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them. (2 Maccabees 10, 21)
Having success at arms in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds. (2 Maccabees 10, 23)
When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
Timothy himself fled to a stronghold called Gazara, especially well garrisoned, where Chaereas was commander. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
When Maccabeus and his men got word that Lysias was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people, with lamentations and tears, besought the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel. (2 Maccabees 11, 6)
And there, while they were still near Jerusalem, a horseman appeared at their head, clothed in white and brandishing weapons of gold. (2 Maccabees 11, 8)
