1 Maccabees 10:71-73

Common English Bible

⁷¹ Now if you have confidence in your military forces, come down to the plain to meet us. Let’s match strength against strength there, because I have with me the forces of the cities. ⁷² Discover who I am and who the others are that are helping us, and you will learn that you cannot stand before us. Twice before, your ancestors were forced to flee in their own land. ⁷³ Now you will not be able to stand up against my cavalry and my army in the plain, where there is no stone or pebble, or place to escape.