2 Maccabees 12:9

9 So Judas mounted a night attack against Jamnia and set its harbor and fleet on fire, so that the gleams of light shone in Jerusalem twenty-eight miles away.

2 Maccabees 12:9 In-Context

7 Because a large area of the city was secured against his attack, he departed, intending to return and root out the entire citizen community of Joppa.

8 He learned that the people of Jamnia were also planning to finish off the Jews living among them in the same way.

9 So Judas mounted a night attack against Jamnia and set its harbor and fleet on fire, so that the gleams of light shone in Jerusalem twenty-eight miles away.

10 When Judas withdrew about a mile away from Jamnia, in pursuit of Timothy, Arabs attacked him with no fewer than five thousand men and five hundred cavalry.

11 A fierce battle took place, but Judas' followers were successful because of God's help. The defeated nomads asked Judas for a pledge of friendship, promising to give them some livestock and to be of service to them in other ways.

Footnotes

• [a] Or two hundred forty stades; a stadion is a linear measure of approximately 607 feet.