14. Because the walls had been solidly secured and there was plenty of food for future use, the inhabitants acted disrespectfully. They not only spoke in an insulting way to Judas’ men, they were even uttering unlawful insults against God.
15. Calling out to the great mighty one of the universe who caused Jericho to fall in Joshua’s time even without battering rams or war engines, Judas’ forces attacked the wall furiously.
16. They took the city by God’s will and killed so many men that a nearby lake a quarter of a mile wide appeared to be filled with blood.
17. Withdrawing from there, they made a journey of ninety-four miles to Charax, to those Jews who are called Toubians.
18. They didn’t find Timothy in the area because he left the region without any success, except that he left behind one military force in a well-secured place.
19. But the Maccabee’s commanders Dositheus and Sosipater marched out and destroyed those Timothy left in the fortified place, killing more than ten thousand men.
20. The Maccabee, dividing the army around him in units, set men in command over the units and moved quickly against Timothy, who had with him one hundred twenty thousand foot soldiers and twenty-five hundred horses.
21. After receiving information about Judas’ approach, Timothy sent the wives and children and their belongings ahead to a village called Carnaim. He did this because the place was difficult to surround or attack on account of the narrowness of the approaches.
22. After Judas’ first tactical unit appeared, the enemy was afraid, especially when the "one who sees all things" appeared to them. They took flight, running here and there, so that many were injured by their own comrades and pierced by the tips of their own swords.
23. Judas pursued them vigorously. Stabbing sinners left and right, he killed as many as thirty thousand men.
24. Timothy himself fell into the hands of Dositheus, Sosipater, and their men. He skillfully argued that he should be set free, persuading them that he held many parents and other relatives as prisoners who might not receive any consideration.
25. After he promised repeatedly to return them unharmed, they released him for the benefit of the safety of their relatives.
26. Next Judas attacked Carnaim and the temple of Atargatis, killing twenty-five thousand people.
27. After overturning and destroying these places, he made war also on Ephron, a fortified city with a mixed population, where Lysias made his home. Strong young men fought bravely, however, in front of the walls where there were also many war engines and arrows.