1 Maccabees 5:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁰ and sent to Judas and his brothers a letter that said, ‘The Gentiles around us have gathered together to destroy us. ¹¹ They are preparing to come and capture the stronghold to which we have fled, and Timothy is leading their forces. ¹² Now then, come and rescue us from their hands, for many of us have fallen,