1 Maccabees 4:1-3

Common English Bible

Battle at Emmaus

4 Gorgias took five thousand infantry and one thousand select cavalry, and this division moved out secretly at night. ² He wanted to come to the Jewish camp and attack without warning. Men from the elevated fortress served as his guides. ³ But Judas heard about it, and he and his warriors moved out to attack the king’s forces in Emmaus