32. Fill them with cowardice.Melt away the boldnessof their strength.Let them quake in their destruction.
33. Strike them down with the swordof those who love you,and let all who know your namepraise you with hymns.
34. Then both sides attacked each other. Five thousand men from Lysias’ army died in the fighting.
35. Lysias saw his troops being defeated and took note of the boldness that inspired Judas’ troops—how ready they were to live or die bravely. So he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries so that he could invade Judea again with an even bigger army.
36. At that time Judas and his brothers said, "Look, our enemies have been crushed. Let’s go up to cleanse and rededicate the sanctuary."
37. All the army gathered together and went up to Mount Zion.