2 Maccabees 10:18–23

¹⁸And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege, ¹⁹Maccabeus left ^fSimon and ^fJoseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help. ²⁰Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were ^gpersuaded for money, (through certain of those that were in the castle,) and took seventy thousand ^hdrachms, and let some of them escape. ²¹But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them. ²²So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took ⁱthe two castles. ²³And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, ^khe slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.