1 Maccabees 5:39-41

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁹ And they have hired the Arabians to help them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the torrent, ready to come to fight against thee. And Judas went to meet them.

⁴⁰ And Timotheus said to the captains of his army: When Judas and his army come near the torrent of water, if he pass over unto us first, we shall not be able to withstand him: for he will certainly prevail over us.

⁴¹ But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp on the other side of the river, we will pass over to them and shall prevail against him.