1. And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing.
2. And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, I and my brethren and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, that we should deliver Israel oftentimes.
3. But now I am old, and you⌃ moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age: be you⌃ instead of me and my brother, and go forth and fight for our nation; but let the help which is from heaven be with you.
4. And he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war and horsemen, and they went against Cendebaeus, and slept at Modin.
5. And rising up in the morning, they went into the plain, and, behold, a great host came to meet them, of footmen and horsemen: and there was a brook between them.
6. And he encamped over against them, he and his people: and he saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first, and the men saw him, and passed over after him.
7. And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: but the enemies’ horsemen were exceeding many.