30 When Judas realized how powerful the enemy force was, he prayed:Our God, we praise you for always rescuing us. When Saul was king, you let your servant David kill a Philistine giant. You also let Saul's son Jonathan and one other soldier capture an entire Philistine camp.
31 Now help us destroy this enemy camp and make fools of their soldiers and cavalry.
32 Turn them into cowards who are too weak to fight, and make them tremble while we destroy them.
33 Our God, we love you. Please let us slaughter our enemies. Then all of your worshipers will praise you with songs.
34 The two armies moved forward, and in the battle, Lysias lost 5,000 soldiers.
35 As he watched his army falling apart, he said to himself, “Those Jews are brave fighters, who live and die with honor.”Lysias returned to the city of Antioch and hired some foreign soldiers, so he could invade Judea with an even stronger army.
36 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that we've defeated our enemies, let's make the temple an acceptable place for worship and dedicate it to the Lord once again.”