1 Maccabees 5:33-35

Good News Translation

³³ He ordered his men to march in three columns and attack the enemy from the rear. As they moved forward, they blew trumpets and shouted prayers. ³⁴ When the army under Timothy's command saw that it was Judas Maccabeus, the soldiers turned and fled. Judas crushed them and killed about 8,000 men that day.

³⁵ Then Judas turned aside to attack the town of Alema;^[a] he captured it and killed all the men in it. He looted the town and set fire to it.