1 Maccabees 6:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ and rose up in battle against him. He was put to flight and had to withdraw in great disappointment and retreat toward Babylon.

⁵ While he was still in Persia, a messenger brought him the news that the armies that had invaded the land of Judah had been routed, ⁶ that Lysias—who had advanced with a massive force—had been put to flight by the Israelites, that the Israelites had grown increasingly strong as a result of the weapons, equipment, and abundant spoils they had captured from the armies they had destroyed,