1 Maccabees 10:83

83 The cavalry was dispersed in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, to seek safety.

1 Maccabees 10:83 In-Context

81 But his soldiers stood steady, as he had commanded. Eventually, the horses of the enemy got tired.

82 Simon led his force forward and engaged the foreign enemy in battle since the cavalry was exhausted. He overwhelmed them, and they fled.

83 The cavalry was dispersed in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, to seek safety.

84 But Jonathan burned Azotus and the surrounding towns and plundered them. He burned down the temple of Dagon and those who had taken refuge in it.

85 The number of those who died, either by the sword or by fire, came to eight thousand.