2 Maccabees 12:24

24 Timothy himself was captured by the troops of Dositheus and Sosipater. But he was very shrewd and managed to convince them that many of their relatives were his prisoners and would be put to death if anything happened to him.

2 Maccabees 12:24 In-Context

22 But at the moment that Judas' first division came into sight, the enemy forces were thrown into panic by a vision sent by God, who sees everything. In terror they began to run wildly about and many of them were wounded by the swords of their own men.

23 So Judas and his men pursued them as hard as they could, killing at least 30,000 of the enemy.

24 Timothy himself was captured by the troops of Dositheus and Sosipater. But he was very shrewd and managed to convince them that many of their relatives were his prisoners and would be put to death if anything happened to him.

25 Finally, after he had promised to send their relatives home safely, they let him go free.

26 Next, Judas attacked the city of Karnaim and the temple of the goddess Atargatis there, killing 25,000 people