2 Maccabees 8:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ So coming unawares upon the towns and cities, he set them on fire, and taking possession of the most commodious places, he made no small slaughter of the enemies:

⁷ And especially in the nights he went upon these expeditions, and the fame of his valour was spread abroad everywhere.

⁸ Then Philip, seeing that the man gained ground by little and little, and that things for the most part succeeded prosperously with him, wrote to Ptolemee the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, to send aid to the king's affairs.