20. They saw that their army had been put to flight and that the Jews were burning the camp, as evident from the smoke over the area.
21. When they saw the devastation and noticed Judas’ army in the plain ready for battle, they were terrified.
22. They ran away into the land of the Philistines.
23. So Judas went back to plunder the camp. His army took a great amount of gold and silver, cloth that was dyed blue and purple, and great riches.
24. As they returned, they sang hymns and songs of praise to heaven: "God is good, because his mercy endures forever."
25. That day Israel had a great deliverance.
26. The foreigners who escaped went and told Lysias about all that had happened.
27. When he heard it, he was perplexed and discouraged. Things hadn’t happened to Israel as he had intended, and they hadn’t turned out the way that the king commanded.
28. The next year he gathered together sixty thousand select men and five thousand cavalry, intending to subdue the Israelites.
29. They came to Idumea and camped at Beth-zur. Judas, on the other hand, went out to meet them with ten thousand men.