tmost part of the earth,
and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.

1 Mac 3:10
Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great
host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.

1 Mac 3:11
Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him,
and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain,
but the rest fled.

1 Mac 3:12
Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius' sword
also, and therewith he fought all his life long.

1 Mac 3:13
Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that
Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the
faithful to go out with him to war;

1 Mac 3:14
He said, I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for
I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who
despise the king's commandment.

1 Mac 3:15
So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a
mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the
children of Israel.

1 Mac 3:16
And when he came near to the going up of Bethhoron, Judas
went forth to meet him with a small company:

1 Mac 3:17
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto
Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so
great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint
with fasting all this day?

1 Mac 3:18
Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be
shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is
all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:

1 Mac 3:19
For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an
host; but strength cometh from heaven.

1 Mac 3:20
They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy
us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:

1 Mac 3:21
But we fight for our lives and our laws.

1 Mac 3:22
Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our
face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.

1 Mac 3:23
Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leapt suddenly
upon them, and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him.

1 Mac 3:24
And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto
the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and
the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.

1 Mac 3:25
Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an
exceeding great dread, to fall upon the nations round about
them:

1 Mac 3:26
Insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations