²⁴ Timothy himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater and their men. With great guile he begged them to let him go in safety, because he held the parents of most of them and the brothers of some, to whom no consideration would be shown.^(A)

⁶ Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people, with Timothy as their leader.^(A)

³⁹ They also have hired Arabs to help them, and they are encamped across the stream ready to come and fight against you.” And Judas went to meet them.^(A)

⁸ Finally, he met a miserable end. Accused^[a] before Aretas the ruler of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by everyone, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his compatriots, he was cast ashore in Egypt.^(A)