1 Maccabees 6:47

47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.

1 Maccabees 6:47 In-Context

45 And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.
46 And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.
47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.
48 But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
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