2 Maccabees 12:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ As soon as Judas heard of this inhuman thing that had been done to those Jews, he informed his men. ⁶ After they had prayed to God, the just judge, they attacked the murderers. Under cover of darkness they set fire to the harbor, burning all the ships, and killing everyone they found hiding there. ⁷ The gates of the city were locked, so Judas withdrew; but he was determined to return at some other time and wipe out everyone living there.