11 They are preparing to come and get possession of the stronghold where we fled for refuge, and Timotheus is the leader of their army. (WEB) 12 Now therefore come and deliver us from their hand, for many of us have fallen. (WEB) 13 All our kindred who were in the land of Tubias have been put to death. They have carried their wives, their children, and their stuff into captivity. They destroyed about a thousand men there.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 5:11–13
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