1 Maccabees 4:34

34 Then both sides attacked, and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men; they fell in action.

1 Maccabees 4:34 In-Context

32 Fill them with cowardice; melt the boldness of their strength; let them tremble in their destruction.

33 Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with hymns."

34 Then both sides attacked, and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men; they fell in action.

35 When Lysias saw the rout of his troops and observed the boldness that inspired those of Judas, and how ready they were either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries in order to invade Judea again with an even larger army.

36 Then Judas and his brothers said, "See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it."

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [and some fell on the opposite side]