2 Maccabees 10:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Attacking them energetically, they captured these vantage positions, driving off all who manned the walls, and slaughtered all those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand men.

¹⁸ At least nine thousand of the enemy took refuge in two exceedingly strong towers that were fully equipped to withstand a siege. ¹⁹ Maccabeus left behind Simon and Joseph, as well as Zacchaeus and his troops, comprising a force sufficient to besiege them, while he himself set out for zones where he was more urgently needed.