1 Maccabees 4:4 CPDV

²  so that they might set upon the camp of the Jews and strike them suddenly. And the sons who were from the stronghold were their guides.

³  And Judas heard of it, and he rose up, with his powerful men, to strike the force from the king’s army that was in Emmaus.

⁴  For the army was still dispersed from the camp.

⁵  And Gorgias came by night, into the camp of Judas, and found no one, and he sought them in the mountains. For he said, 'These men flee from us.'

⁶  And when it had become day, Judas appeared in the plain with only three thousand men, who had neither armor nor swords.