Al mismo tiempo, los edomitas, habiéndose apoderado de fortalezas estratégicas, hostigaban a los judíos y daban refugio a los desterrados de Jerusalén, esforzándose por mantener viva la guerra.
And therewithal the Idumeans, having gotten into their hands the most commodious holds, kept the Jews occupied, and receiving those that were banished from Jerusalem, they went about to nourish war.