2 Maccabees 11:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ Charging like lions against their enemies, they took down eleven thousand foot soldiers and sixteen hundred horses, and they put all the rest to flight. ¹² Most of them escaped wounded and naked, while Lysias himself escaped by disgracefully running away. ¹³ Showing intelligence, Lysias pondered the reality of this defeat and realized that the Hebrews, assisted by God’s power, couldn’t be defeated. So he sent a messenger