Then Judas marched against Carnaim and the temple of Atargatis, and slaughtered twenty-five thousand people: Carnaim is the fortified town mentioned in verse 21. Atargatis was a Syrian goddess. Good News Bible provides a good model for this verse.

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.