32. But after the feast called Pentecost they marched in haste against Gorgias the governor of Idumaea:
33. and he came out with three thousand footmen and four hundred horsemen.
34. And when they had set themselves in array, it came to pass that a few of the Jews fell.
35. And a certain Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback and a strong man, pressed hard on Gorgias, and taking hold of his cloke drew him along by main force; and while he was minded to take the accursed man alive, one of the Thracian horsemen bore down upon him and disabled his shoulder, and so Gorgias escaped to Marisa.
36. And when they that were with Esdris had been fighting long and were wearied out, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself, fighting on their side and leading the van of the battle;
37. and then in the language of his fathers he raised the battle-cry joined with hymns, and rushing unawares upon the troops of Gorgias put them to flight.