1 Maccabees 3:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ Judas replied, ‘It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few. ¹⁹ It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven. ²⁰ They come against us in great insolence and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to despoil us;