2 Maccabees 11:11

11 And charging upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven thousand footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the others to flight.

2 Maccabees 11:11 In-Context

9 Then they praised the merciful God all together and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.

10 Thus they marched forward with their armor, having a helper from heaven, for the Lord was merciful unto them.

11 And charging upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven thousand footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the others to flight.

12 Many of them also, being wounded, escaped naked; and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and so escaped.

13 As he was a man of understanding, cogitating to himself what loss he had had and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them,