2 Maccabees 10:24-26

Good News Translation

Judas Defeats Timothy

²⁴ Timothy, who had been defeated by the Jews once before, had gathered a large number of cavalry from Asia and a tremendous force of mercenary troops and was now advancing to take Judea by armed attack. ²⁵ But as the enemy forces were approaching, Judas and his men prayed to God. They put on sackcloth, threw dirt on their heads, ²⁶ and lay face downward on the steps of the altar, begging God to help them by fighting against their enemies, as he had promised in his Law.