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.