31
Twenty thousand five hundred were slaughtered, besides six hundred cavalry.
32
Timothy himself fled to a stronghold called Gazara, especially well garrisoned, where Chaereas was commander.
33
Then Maccabeus and his men were glad, and they besieged the fort for four days.
34
The men within, relying on the strength of the place, kept blaspheming terribly and uttering wicked words.
35
But at dawn of the fifth day, twenty young men in the army of Maccabeus, fired with anger because of the blasphemies, bravely stormed the wall and with savage fury cut down everyone they met.
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