2 Maccabees 12:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Capturing the city by the will of God, they inflicted such indescribable slaughter on it that the adjacent pool, which was about a quarter of a mile wide, seemed to be filled with the blood that flowed into it.
17 (A)When they had gone on some ninety miles, they reached Charax, where there were certain Jews known as Toubians.[a](B) 18 But they did not find Timothy in that region, for he had already departed from there without having done anything except to leave behind in one place a very strong garrison.
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