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.