6. But at daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men; furthermore they lacked the helmets and swords they wanted.
7. They saw the army of the Gentiles, strong, breastplated, and flanked with cavalry, and made up of experienced soldiers.
8. Judas said to the men with him: “Do not fear their numbers or dread their attack.
9. Remember how our ancestors were saved in the Red Sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
10. So now let us cry to Heaven in the hope that he will favor us, remember the covenant with our ancestors, and destroy this army before us today.
11. All the Gentiles shall know that there is One who redeems and delivers Israel.”
12. When the foreigners looked up and saw them marching toward them,
13. they came out of their camp for battle. The men with Judas blew the trumpet, and
14. joined the battle. They crushed the Gentiles, who fled toward the plain.
15. Their whole rear guard fell by the sword, and they were pursued as far as Gazara and the plains of Idumaea, to Azotus and Jamnia. About three thousand of their men fell.
16. When Judas and the army returned from the pursuit,
17. he said to the people: “Do not be greedy for plunder; for there is a fight ahead of us,
18. and Gorgias and his army are near us on the mountain. But now stand firm against our enemies and fight them. Afterward you can freely take the plunder.”
19. As Judas was finishing this speech, a detachment appeared, looking down from the mountain.
20. They saw that their army had been put to flight and their camp was burning. The smoke they saw revealed what had happened.