Maccabias and the Jews

Maccabias left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and his men to besiege Timothy's strongholds. When word of what had happened came to Maccabias he accused these men of having sold their brethren for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them. Then he slew these men who had turned to traitor and immediately captured the two towers. Having success at arms and everything he undertook, he destroyed more than 20,000 in the two strongholds. Twenty thousand five hundred were slaughtered besides six hundred horsemen. They killed Timothy, who was hidden in a cistern and his brother Karias, and a palophanes. The Lord shows great kindness to