2 Maccabees 10:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ They beat back those who were defending the walls and captured the fortresses, killing everyone they found, a total of about 20,000 people.

¹⁸ About 9,000 of the enemy, however, managed to take refuge in two easily defended forts, with everything they needed to withstand a siege. ¹⁹ Judas had to go on to some other places in the country, where he was more urgently needed, but he left behind Simon and Joseph, together with Zacchaeus and his men. This force was large enough to continue the siege,