1 Maccabees 4:19-25

New Catholic Bible

¹⁹ Just as Judas was finishing this speech, a detachment appeared, looking down from the mountain. ²⁰ They could see that their army had been put to flight and that their camp was being burned. The smoke that could be clearly seen indicated what had occurred. ²¹ When they perceived this, they were very much afraid, and when they also beheld the army of Judas in the plain, ready for battle, ²² they all fled into the territory of the Philistines.

²³ Then Judas went back to plunder the camp, and they confiscated a great amount of gold and silver, violet and purple cloths, and magnificent treasures. ²⁴ As they returned, they sang hymns of thanksgiving and praise to glorify Heaven, “for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.”^{[a] 25} Thus Israel experienced a great deliverance that day.