fortress of Datheman.

5:10. And they sent letters to Judas, and his brethren, saying: The
heathens that are round about are gathered together against us to
destroy us:

5:11. And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress into
which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.

5:12. Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of
us are slain.

5:13. And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed:
and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives,
and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.

5:14. And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came
other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related
according to these words:

5:15. Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were
assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in
order to consume us.

5:16. Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great assembly
met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that
were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.

5:17. And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and
deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go
into the country of Galaad:

5:18. And he left Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of
the people, with the remnant of the army in Judea, to keep it:

5:19. And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people;
but make no war against the heathens, till we return.

5:20. Now three thousand men were allotted to Simon, to go into Galilee:
and eight thousand to Judas, to go into the land of Galaad.

5:21. And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the
heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he
pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.

5:22. And there fell of the heathens almost three thousand men, and he
took the spoils of them.

5:23. And he took with him those that were in Galilee and in Arbatis,
with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he brought
them into Judea with great joy.

5:24. And Judas Machabeus, and Jonathan, his brother, passed over the
Jordan, and went three days' journey through the desert.

5:25. And the Nabutheans met them, and received them in a peaceable
manner, and told them all that happened to their brethren in the land of
Galaad,

5:26. And that