2 Maccabees 12:24

Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.

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Overview of 2 Maccabees 12:24

Summary

Timotheus captured, manipulates captors with hostage threat

Place

Capture location

Event

Timotheus captured, negotiates

Estimated Time Period

c. 160 BC