2 Maccabees 12:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵ And when with many words he had confirmed his solemn promise to restore them unharmed, they let him go, for the sake of saving their brethren.

Judas Wins Other Victories

²⁶ Then Judas^[a] marched against Car′naim and the temple of Atar′gatis, and slaughtered twenty-five thousand people. ²⁷ After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lys′ias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities.^[b] Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there.