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28 Then Judas and his army quickly turned back by the wilderness road to Bozrah; and he took the city, and killed every male by the edge of the sword; then he seized all its spoils and burned it with fire. 29 He departed from there at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dath′ema.[a] 30 At dawn they looked up, and behold, a large company, that could not be counted, carrying ladders and engines of war to capture the stronghold, and attacking the Jews within.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 5:29 Greek lacks of Dathema. See verse 9
  2. 1 Maccabees 5:30 Gk and they were attacking them

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