44. And they took the city, and burned the temple with fire, together with all that were therein. And Carnaim was subdued, neither could they stand any longer before the face of Judas.
45. And Judas gathered together all Israel, them that were in the land of Gilead, from the least to the greatest, and their wives, and their children, and their stuff, an exceeding great army, that they might come into the land of Judah.
46. And they came as far as Ephron, and this same city was great, and it was in the way as they should go, exceeding strong: they could not turn aside from it on the right hand or on the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.
47. And they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.
48. And Judas sent to them with words of peace, saying, We will pass through your land to go into our own land, and none shall do you any hurt, we will only pass by on our feet. And they would not open to him.
49. And Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the army, that each man should encamp in the place where he was.
50. And the men of the host encamped, and fought against the city all that day and all that night, and the city was delivered into his hands;
51. and he destroyed all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
52. And they went over Jordan into the great plain over against Bethshan.
53. And Judas gathered together those that lagged behind, and encouraged the people all the way through, until he came into the land of Judah.
54. And they went up to mount Sion with gladness and joy, and offered whole burnt offerings, because not so much as one of them was slain until they returned in peace.
55. And in the days when Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Gilead, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
56. Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, rulers of the host, heard of their exploits and of the war, what things they had done;
57. and they said, Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.