1 Maccabees 4:26-28

Good News Translation

Victory over Lysias^(A)

²⁶ The Gentile troops that escaped went to Lysias and reported all that had happened. ²⁷ When Lysias heard that his troops had lost the battle, he was shocked and disappointed that Israel had not been defeated as the king had commanded.

²⁸ In the following year Lysias gathered an army of 60,000 well-trained infantry and 5,000 cavalry, intending to conquer the Jews.