5. And Judas was encamped at Elasa, and three thousand chosen men with him:
6. and they saw the multitude of the forces, that they were many, and they feared exceedingly: and many slipped away out of the army; there were not left of them more than eight hundred men.
7. And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and that the battle pressed upon him, and he was sore troubled in heart, for that he had no time to gather them together, and he waxed faint.
8. And he said to them that were left, Let us arise and go up against our adversaries, if perhaps we may be able to fight with them.
9. And they would have dissuaded him, saying, We shall in no wise be able: but let us rather save our lives now: let us return again, we and our brethren, and fight against them: but we are few.
10. And Judas said, let it not be so that I should do this thing, to flee from them: and if our time is come, let us die manfully for our brethren’s sake, and not leave a cause of reproach against our glory.
11. And the host removed from the camp, and stood to encounter them, and the horse was parted into two companies, and the slingers and the archers went before the host, and all the mighty men that fought in the front of the battle.
12. But Bacchides was in the right wing; and the phalanx drew near on the two parts, and they blew with their trumpets.
13. And the men of Judas’ side, even they sounded with their trumpets, and the earth shook with the shout of the armies, and the battle was joined, and continued from morning until evening.
14. And Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, and there went with him all that were brave in heart,
15. and the right wing was discomfited by them, and he pursued after them to the mount Azotus.