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.
28. Calling on the Lord who crushes the strength of the enemy, the Jews took control of the city and killed about twenty-five thousand people.
29. Then breaking camp and marching from there, they moved swiftly against Scythopolis, seventy-five miles from Jerusalem.
30. But the Jews who lived there reported that the citizens of Scythopolis showed kindness and a civil attitude toward them even in times of misfortune.
31. They thanked them and encouraged them also to be well-disposed toward their people in the future as well. Then they returned to Jerusalem since the Festival of Weeks was about to begin.
32. After the Festival of Pentecost they moved against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea.
33. He came out with three thousand foot soldiers and four hundred horses.
34. A small number of Jews fell during the battle.
35. Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s men, a strong man on horseback, had seized Gorgias. Holding on to the governor’s robe, he dragged him down roughly, trying to take the horrible man alive. But one of the Thracian cavalry men assaulted Dositheus, crushed his shoulder, and Gorgias escaped into Marisa.
36. The men around Esdris were fighting fiercely but became weary. Judas called out to the Lord to show himself as their ally and to lead the battle.
37. Beginning to sing hymns in the native language with a loud voice, he suddenly made an attack against Gorgias’ men and defeated them.