6. And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
7. And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.
8. And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
9. And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.
10. And Apollonius gathered together the Gentiles, and a numerous and great army from Samaria, to make war against Israel.
11. And Judas understood it, and went forth to meet him: and he overthrew him, and killed him: and many fell down slain, the rest fled away.
12. And he took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and fought with it all his lifetime.
13. And Seron captain of the army of Syria heard that Judas had assembled a company of the faithful, and a congregation with him,
14. And he said: I will get me a name, and will be glorified in the kingdom, and will overthrow Judas, and those that are with him, that have despised the edict of the king.
15. And he made himself ready: and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel.
16. And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.
17. But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting to day?
18. And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
19. For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.
20. They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
21. But we will fight for our lives and our laws:
22. And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: but as for you, fear them not.
23. And as soon as he had made an end of speaking, he rushed suddenly upon them: and Seron and his host were overthrown before him:
24. And he pursued him by the descent of Bethoron even to the plain, and there fell of them eight hundred men, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.