50
The fighting men were ordered to take up their positions and attack the town. They fought all day and all night, until they had taken it.
51
Judas had all the men of Ephron put to death, plundered the town, and leveled it. Then he and his army marched through the town over the dead bodies.
52
They crossed the Jordan into the wide plain opposite Beth Shan.
53
Throughout the whole march Judas kept gathering up the stragglers and encouraging the people until they reached the land of Judea.
54
With thanksgiving and rejoicing, they went up to Mount Zion and sacrificed burnt offerings because they had returned safely without a single loss.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.