2 Maccabees 10:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans:

¹⁷ And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.

¹⁸ And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,