1 Maccabees 5:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵ They encountered the Nabate′ans, who met them peaceably and told them all that had happened to their brethren in Gil′ead: ²⁶ “Many of them have been shut up in Bozrah and Bosor, in Al′ema and Chaspho, Maked and Car′naim”—all these cities were strong and large— ²⁷ “and some have been shut up in the other cities of Gil′ead; the enemy^[a] are getting ready to attack the strongholds tomorrow and take and destroy all these men in one day.”