meet him: and he
overthrew him, and killed him: and many fell down slain, and the rest
fled away.

3:12. And he took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius,
and fought with it all his lifetime.

3:13. And Seron, captain of the army of Syria, heard that Judas had
assembled a company of the faithful, and a congregation with him,

3:14. And he said I will get me a name, and will be glorified in the
kingdom, and will overthrow Judas, and those that are with him, that
have despised the edict of the king.

3:15. And he made himself ready; and the host of the wicked went up with
him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel.

3:16. And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth
to meet him, with a small company.

3:17. But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to
Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a
multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?

3:18. And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the
hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of
heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:

3:19. For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but
strength cometh from heaven.

3:20. They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride,
to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.

3:21. But we will fight for our lives, and our laws:

3:22. And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face, but as
for you, fear them not.

3:23. And as soon as he had made an end of speaking, he rushed suddenly
upon them: and Seron, and his host were overthrown before him:

3:24. And he pursued him by the descent of Bethoron, even to the plain,
and there fell of them eight hundred men, and the rest fled into the
land of the Philistines.

3:25. And the fear of Judas, and of his brethren, and the dread of them,
fell upon all the nations round about them.

3:26. And his fame came to the king, and all nations told of the battles
of Judas.

3:27. Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his
mind: and he sent, and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an
exceeding strong army.

3:28. And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a
year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things.

3:29. And he perceived that the money of his treasures fa