1. And Gorgias took five thousand footmen, and a thousand chosen horse, and the army removed by night,
2. that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men of the citadel were his guides.
3. And Judas heard thereof, and removed, he and the valiant men, that he might strike the king’s host which was at Emmaus,
4. while as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp.
5. And Gorgias came into the camp of Judas by night, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains; for he said, These men flee from us.
6. And as soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men: howbeit they had not armor nor swords to their minds.
7. And they saw the camp of the Gentiles strong and fortified, and horsemen compassing it round about; and these were expert in war.