2 Maccabees 12:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ Judas heard that the people of Jamnia had plans to kill the Jews of their city also. ⁹ So he attacked Jamnia at night, setting fire to its harbor and the ships there. The flames could be seen as far as Jerusalem, thirty miles away.

Judas' Victories in the Region of Gilead^(A)

¹⁰ When Judas and his men were about a mile away from Jamnia on their way to meet Timothy in battle, they were attacked by more than 5,000 Arabs, supported by 500 cavalry.