11. When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him and struck and killed him. Many fell wounded, and the rest fled.
12. They took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius and fought with it the rest of his life.
13. But Seron, commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had mustered an assembly of faithful men ready for war.
14. So he said, “I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will wage war against Judas and his followers, who have despised the king’s command.”
15. And again a large company of renegades advanced with him to help him take revenge on the Israelites.