²⁵ They captured the money of those who had come to buy them as slaves. After pursuing them for some distance, they were obliged to return because the hour was late.^(A)

³⁴ The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews,^(A)

⁴¹ When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts and fetters^[a] and went to the camp to get the Israelites for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines^[b] joined with them.^(A)