18 Meanwhile, some enemies were still in the Jerusalem fortress, where they were trying to keep control of the temple and help the Gentiles by causing trouble for the Jews.
19 Judas decided to attack the fortress and get rid of those troublemakers.
20 So he and his troops set up movable towers and other weapons of war and attacked in the year 150 of the Syrian Kingdom.
21 Some of the troops in the fortress escaped and were joined by a group of unfaithful Jews.
22 Together they went to Antiochus the Fifth and said:Aren't you ever going to get even with those Jews for what they did to our group?
23 We gladly obeyed your father's laws, and we liked working for him.
24 That's why those Jews hate us and are attacking the fortress.King Antiochus, they have captured and killed some of our people. They've stolen our property