1 Maccabees 5:5

5 And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with fire, and all that were in them.

1 Maccabees 5:5 In-Context

3 Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea, and them that were in Acrabathane: because they beset the Israelites around about, and he made a great slaughter of them.
4 And he remembered the malice of the children of Bean: who were a snare and a stumblingblock to the people, by lying in wait for them in the way.
5 And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with fire, and all that were in them.
6 Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, and Timotheus was their captain:
7 And he fought many battles with them, and they were discomfited in their sight, and he smote them:
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