⁷ He found the nights most advantageous for such attacks. And talk of his valor spread everywhere.^(A)

²³ Besides, he appointed Eleazar to read aloud^[a] from the holy book and gave the watchword, “The help of God”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nicanor.^(A)

⁶ and, calling upon God, the righteous judge, attacked the murderers of his kindred. He set fire to the harbor by night, burned the boats, and massacred those who had taken refuge there.^(A)

⁹ he attacked the Jamnites by night and set fire to the harbor and the fleet, so that the glow of the light was seen in Jerusalem, thirty miles^[a] distant.^(A)