1 Maccabees 5:29

29 He left the place at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dathema.

1 Maccabees 5:29 In-Context

27 "and some have been shut up in the other towns of Gilead; the enemy are getting ready to attack the strongholds tomorrow and capture and destroy all these people in a single day."

28 Then Judas and his army quickly turned back by the wilderness road to Bozrah; and he took the town, and killed every male by the edge of the sword; then he seized all its spoils and burned it with fire.

29 He left the place at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dathema.

30 At dawn they looked out and saw a large company, which could not be counted, carrying ladders and engines of war to capture the stronghold, and attacking the Jews within.

31 So Judas saw that the battle had begun and that the cry of the town went up to Heaven, with trumpets and loud shouts,

Footnotes

• [a] Gk lacks [of Dathema]. See verse 9