29
When the battle became fierce, five magnificent men from heaven appeared to the enemy, riding on horses with gold bridles and leading the Jews.
30
Two of them took the Maccabee between them, completely protecting him against harm with their own armor, and they shot arrows and thunderbolts into the ranks of their opponents. Thrown into confusion by blindness, the enemy then ran off in different directions, filled with terror.
31
Twenty thousand five hundred foot soldiers and six hundred cavalry were cut down.
32
But Timothy himself fled into a fortress called Gazara, a secured area commanded by Chaereas.
33
The followers of the Maccabee eagerly attacked the area for four days.