2 Maccabees 12:8

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

2 Maccabees 12:8 In-Context

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.

10 Now when they were gone from thence more than a mile on their journey toward Timothy, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him,