2 Maccabees 10:32-34

New Catholic Bible

³² Timothy himself fled to a strongly garrisoned citadel called Gazara,^[a] where Chaereas was in command. ³³ For four days Maccabeus and his forces eagerly besieged the fortress, ³⁴ while the men inside, their confidence buoyed by their belief in the security of the place, continued to taunt them with terrible blasphemies and abominable insults.