13 Whereupon being accused of the king's friends before Eu´pator, and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that Philome´tor had committed unto him, and departed to An-ti´ochus E-piph´anes, and seeing that he was in no honorable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
14 But when Gorgias was governor of the holds, he hired soldiers, and nourished war continually with the Jews:
15 and therewithal the Idume´ans, having gotten into their hands the most commodious holds, kept the Jews occupied, and receiving those that were banished from Jerusalem, they went about to nourish war.
16 Then they that were with Maccabe´us made supplication, and besought God that he would be their helper; and so they ran with violence upon the strongholds of the Idume´ans,
17 and assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
18 And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege,
19 Maccabe´us left Simon and Joseph, and Zacche´us also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help.