2 Maccabees 13:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ just as dawn was breaking. All this was achieved through the help and protection that Judas had received from the Lord.

¹⁸ Antiochus V Makes a Treaty with the Jews. The king, having had a taste of the daring of the Jews, resorted to strategy to capture their positions. ¹⁹ He advanced against Beth-zur, a strong fortress of the Jews, but he was checked, driven back, and defeated.