2 Maccabees 12:7

7 And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all those of the city of Joppa.

2 Maccabees 12:7 In-Context

5 When Judas heard of this cruelty done unto his countrymen, he commanded those who were with him to make themselves ready.

6 And, calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against those murderers of his brethren, and burned the haven by night and set the boats on fire, and those who fled thither he slew.

7 And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all those of the city of Joppa.

8 But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews who dwelt among them,

9 he came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire to the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen in Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.