25 Some friendly Nabateans told them everything Timothy had done to the Jews in Gilead.
26-27 They said:Your people are being kept prisoner in the large, walled towns of Gilead, including Bozrah, Bosor, Alema, Chaspho, Maked, and Carnaim.Besides this, the Gentiles are going to attack your fortresses tomorrow, and in one day they can overpower your troops there and kill everyone.
28 Judas and his army saw that the attack had already begun, so they hurried along the desert road to Bozrah. They captured the town and killed every man and boy in it. Then they took everything of value and set the town on fire.
29 That night, Judas and his army left Bozrah and went straight to the fortress of Dathema,
30 where they arrived early the next morning. More Gentiles than could be counted were attacking the fortress with ladders and weapons to break through the walls.
31 Judas knew that the battle had begun, because shouts to God and trumpet blasts were coming from the fortress.
32 So he told his army, “Today you must fight for your people!”