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
25 and attacked all the countries near Judea as well.
26 Their temple and the town of Beth-Zur are powerful fortresses, and right now those Jews are attacking the fortress in Jerusalem.