2 Maccabees 12:7

And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppe.

And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.

But when the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again to root out the whole community of the men of Joppa.