2 Maccabees 10:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The Maccabee and his followers were praying and calling on God to help them. They rushed against the Idumean fortresses. ¹⁷ After mounting a vigorous attack, they gained control of all the sites and held off those fighting on the wall. They slaughtered all those they encountered, killing at least twenty thousand. ¹⁸ When no fewer than nine thousand fled into two towers well equipped for a siege,