2 Maccabees 11:11-13

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ They charged like lions against the enemy and laid low eleven thousand of them, in addition to sixteen hundred cavalry, and the remaining forces they put to flight. ¹² Most of those who escaped were wounded and without their weapons, and Lysias himself escaped only by taking flight in a cowardly manner.

¹³ However, Lysias was not lacking in intelligence, and as he reflected upon the defeat he had experienced, he came to the realization that the Hebrews were invincible because the all-powerful God fought on their side. Therefore, he sent emissaries to them