1 Maccabees 3:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ When Judas learned of this, he marched out to battle, defeated the army, and killed Apollonius. Many Gentiles lost their lives, and the rest fled. ¹² When the spoils of war were collected, Judas took the sword of Apollonius and used it in battle until the day he died.

¹³ Seron, the general of the Syrian forces, learned that Judas had gathered together an army, consisting of a band of loyal men who were ready to fight under his command.