1. And it happened that, when the surrounding nations heard that the altar and the sanctuary had been rebuilt as before, they were very angry.
2. And they intended to destroy the people of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them.
3. Then Judas defeated in warfare the sons of Esau in Idumea, and those who were in Akrabattene, because they besieged the Israelites, and he struck them with a great scourging.
4. And he remembered the malice of the sons of Baean, who were a snare and a scandal to the people, lying in ambush for them in the way.
5. And they were trapped by him in the towers, and he took up a position near them, and he anathematized them, and he burned their towers with fire, along with all who were in them.
6. Then he crossed over to the sons of Ammon, and he found a strong hand, and an abundant people, and Timothy was their commander.
7. And he engaged in many battles with them, and they were crushed in their sight, and he struck them down.
8. And he seized the city of Jazer, and her sister cities, and he returned to Judea.
9. And the Gentiles, who were in Gilead, gathered together against the Israelites, who were within their borders, to take them away, and so they fled into the fortress of Dathema.
10. And they sent letters to Judas and his brothers, saying: "The Gentiles all around have been gathering together against us to carry us away.
11. And they are preparing to come and occupy the fortress into which we have fled. And Timothy is the commander of their army.
12. Now, therefore, come and rescue us from their hands, for many of us have fallen.