1 Maccabees 4:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ When Gorgias reached the camp of Judas by night, therefore, he found no one there, and he began to search for them in the mountains, saying, “These men are fleeing from us.”

⁶ At daybreak, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men, although they lacked the armor and the swords they would have wished for. ⁷ They saw the camp of the Gentiles with its strong fortifications, flanked with cavalry, and a fighting force expert in the art of warfare.