3:59. For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies:
3:60. Nevertheless, as it shall be the will of God in heaven, so be it done.
1 Machabees Chapter 4
Judas routs the king's army. Gorgias flies before him. Lysias comes against him with a great army, but is defeated. Judas cleanses the temple, sets up a new altar, and fortifies the sanctuary.
4:1. Then Gorgias took five thousand men, and a thousand of the best horsemen; and they removed out of the camp by night.
4:2. That they might come upon the camp of the Jews and strike them suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.
4:3. And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to attack the king's forces that were in Emmaus.
4:4. For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp
The army was dispersed… That is, in different divisions, not altogether encamped.
4:5. And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.