1 Maccabees 16:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Now I am old, but by the mercy of Heaven you have achieved maturity. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation. And may the help of Heaven be with you.”

⁴ John then selected twenty thousand of the country’s infantry and cavalry, and they marched against Cendebeus. After spending the night at Modein, ⁵ they marched into the plain early in the morning, where a large force of infantry and cavalry was waiting to attack them, with a stream lying between the two armies.