Good News Translation
but some of Simon's men were greedy, and when they were offered 140 pounds of silver, they let some of the enemy escape from the forts.

New Revised Standard Version
But those with Simon, who were money-hungry, were bribed by some of those who were in the towers, and on receiving seventy thousand drachmas let some of them slip away.

Contemporary English Version
But a few of Simon's troops became greedy. They took a bribe of 12,000 silver coins from some enemy forces in the towers, then let them sneak away.

New American Bible
But some of those in Simon’s force who were lovers of money let themselves be bribed by some of those in the towers; on receiving seventy thousand drachmas, they allowed a number of them to escape.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.

Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.

2 Maccabees 10:18
And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,

2 Maccabees 10:19
Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them, in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.

2 Maccabees 10:21
But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.

2 Maccabees 10:22
So he put these traitors to death, and forthwith took the two towers.