2 Maccabees 8:6

6 He would come suddenly into towns and villages, set them ablaze, capture a number of the strategically important places, and put many of the enemy to flight.

2 Maccabees 8:6 In-Context

4 to remember the needless massacre of innocent infants, and to show his hatred of the evil things said against his name.

5 Once he organized his army, the Maccabee couldn't be stopped by the Gentiles, because the Lord's wrath had turned into mercy.

6 He would come suddenly into towns and villages, set them ablaze, capture a number of the strategically important places, and put many of the enemy to flight.

7 He especially found the night advantageous for such attacks. Talk of his good courage spread everywhere.

8 Philip saw how Judas was progressing little by little and gaining ground with each success, so he wrote to Ptolemy the governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia to come to the aid of the royal government.