2 Maccabees 11:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ Then they all together blessed the merciful Lord, and took great courage, being ready to break through not only men, but also the fiercest beasts, and walls of iron.

¹⁰ So they went on courageously, having a helper from Heaven, and the who shewed mercy to them.

¹¹ And rushing violently upon the enemy, like lions, they slew of them eleven thousand footmen, and one thousand six hundred horsemen: