1 Maccabees 12:49-51

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁹ Trypho sent soldiers and cavalry into Galilee and the Great Plain^[a] to destroy all of Jonathan’s men. ⁵⁰ When these learned that Jonathan had been captured and his forces had been slaughtered, they encouraged one another and marched in close formation, ready for battle. ⁵¹ Their pursuers, realizing that they were prepared to fight for their lives, turned back.