2 Maccabees 12:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ They took the city by the will of God, and slaughtered untold numbers, so that the adjoining lake, a quarter of a mile^[a] wide, appeared to be running over with blood.

Judas Defeats Timothy’s Army

¹⁷ When they had gone ninety-five miles^[b] from there, they came to Charax, to the Jews who are called Toubia′ni. ¹⁸ They did not find Timothy in that region, for he had by then departed from the region without accomplishing anything, though in one place he had left a very strong garrison.