1 Maccabees 5:29

29 He departed from there 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 cities of Gilead; the enemy are getting ready to attack the strongholds tomorrow and take and destroy all these men in one day."

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

29 He departed from there at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dathema.

30 At dawn they looked up, and behold, a large company, that 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 city went up to Heaven with trumpets and loud shouts,