5 ¹ When the Gentiles round about heard that the altar had been built and the sanctuary dedicated as it was before, they became very angry, 5 ² and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people. 5 ³ But Judas made war on the sons of Esau in Idumea, at Akrabattene, because they kept lying in wait for Israel. He dealt them a heavy blow and humbled them and despoiled them. 5 ⁴ He also remembered the wickedness of the sons of Baean, who were a trap and a snare to the people and ambushed them on the highways. 5 ⁵ They were shut up by him in their towers; and he encamped against them, vowed their complete destruction, and burned with fire their towers and all who were in them. 5 ⁶ Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people with Timothy as their leader. 5 ⁷ He engaged in many battles with them and they were crushed before him; he struck them down. 5 ⁸ He also took Jazer and its villages; then he returned to Judea.