1 Maccabees 10:77-79

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷⁷ And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.

⁷⁸ And he went to Azotus as one that was making a journey, and immediately he went forth into the plain: because he had a great number of horsemen, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.

⁷⁹ And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen behind them.