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As soon as Judas heard of the barbarous deed perpetrated against his countrymen, he summoned his men; (2 Maccabees 12, 5)
After a hard fight, Judas and his companions, with God's help, were victorious. The defeated nomads begged Judas to make friends with them and promised to supply the Jews with cattle and to help them in every other way. (2 Maccabees 12, 11)
Realizing that they could indeed be useful in many respects, Judas agreed to make peace with them. After the pledge of friendship had been exchanged, the Arabs withdrew to their tents. (2 Maccabees 12, 12)
Relying on the strength of their walls and their supply of provisions, the besieged treated Judas and his men with contempt, insulting them and even uttering blasphemies and profanity. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
But Judas and his men invoked the aid of the great Sovereign of the world, who, in the day of Joshua, overthrew Jericho without battering-ram or siege machine; then they furiously stormed the ramparts. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)
When Timothy learned of the approach of Judas, he sent on ahead of him the women and children, as well as the baggage, to a place called Karnion, which was hard to besiege and even hard to reach because of the difficult terrain of that region. (2 Maccabees 12, 21)
But when Judas' first cohort appeared, the enemy was overwhelmed with fear and terror at the manifestation of the All-seeing. Scattering in every direction, they rushed away in such headlong flight that in many cases they wounded one another, pierced by the swords of their own men. (2 Maccabees 12, 22)
Judas pressed the pursuit vigorously, putting the sinners to the sword and destroying as many as thirty thousand men. (2 Maccabees 12, 23)
Judas then marched to Karnion and the shrine of Atargatis, where he killed twenty-five thousand people. (2 Maccabees 12, 26)
Judas and his men thanked them and exhorted them to be well disposed to their race in the future also. Finally they arrived in Jerusalem, shortly before the feast of Weeks. (2 Maccabees 12, 31)
After Esdris and his men had been fighting for a long time and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself their ally and leader in the battle. (2 Maccabees 12, 36)
Judas rallied his army and went to the city of Adullam. As the week was ending, they purified themselves according to custom and kept the sabbath there. (2 Maccabees 12, 38)