1 Maccabees 9:10-12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ Then Judas said: God forbid we should do this thing, and flee away from them: but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our glory.

¹¹ And the army removed out of the camp, and they stood over against them: and the horsemen were divided into two troops, and the slingers, and the archers went before the army, and they that were in the front were all men of valour.

¹² And Bacchides was in the right wing, and the legion drew near on two sides, and they sounded the trumpets: