About five hundred men of the army of Nicanor fell: Fell may be rendered “were killed” (Good News Bible).

And the rest fled into the city of David: For the city of David, see the comments on 1Macc 1.33.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.