1 Maccabees 5:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 He forced them to take refuge in towers, which he besieged; he put them under the ban and burned down their towers along with all who were in them. 6 [a](A)Then he crossed over to the Ammonites, where he found a strong army and a large body of people with Timothy as their leader. 7 He fought many battles with them, routed them, and struck them down.
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- 5:6–8 This summary anticipates the order of events and would fit better between vv. 36 and 37. It corresponds to 2 Mc 12:17–23. The action was probably a reprisal for the massacre referred to in 1 Mc 5:13. Timothy may have been a local ruler, or the Seleucid governor of Transjordan. Jazer: a town on the road from the Jordan to Amman.
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