2 Maccabees 12:6-8

Revised Standard Version

⁶ and, calling upon God the righteous Judge, attacked the murderers of his brethren. He set fire to the harbor by night, and burned the boats, and massacred those who had taken refuge there. ⁷ Then, because the city’s gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again and root out the whole community of Joppa. ⁸ But learning that the men in Jam′nia meant in the same way to wipe out the Jews who were living among them,