29 But, while they were fighting vehemently, to the adversaries there appeared from heaven five men on horses, which were adorned with bridles of gold, providing leadership to the Jews.
30 Two of them, having Maccabeus in the middle and surrounding him with their weapons, kept him safe. But, at the enemy, they cast darts and lightning, so that they fell down, being both confused with blindness and filled with disturbances.
31 Moreover, there were slain twenty thousand five hundred, along with six hundred horsemen.
32 In fact, Timothy fled away to Gazara, to a fortified stronghold, where Chaereas was in charge.
33 Then Maccabeus, and those who were with him, joyfully besieged the stronghold for four days.
34 But those who were inside, trusting to the strength of the place, spoke evil without limit and cast out nefarious words.
35 But when the fifth day began to dawn, twenty youths of those who were with Maccabeus, inflamed in soul because of the blasphemy, manfully approached to the wall, and, advancing with fierce courage, ascended it.