1 Maccabees 3:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.

¹⁷ But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting to day?

¹⁸ And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: