New Revised Standard Version
Now Apollonius had secretly left a thousand cavalry behind them.

Contemporary English Version
when 1,000 of Apollonius' cavalry suddenly left their hiding places and attacked from behind.

New American Bible
Apollonius, however, had left a thousand cavalry in hiding behind them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen behind them.

And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen behind them.

1 Maccabees 10:77
And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.

1 Maccabees 10:78
And he went to Azotus, as one that was making a journey, and immediately he went forth into the plain: because he had a great number of horsemen, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.

1 Maccabees 10:80
And Jonathan knew that there was an ambush behind him, and they surrounded his army, and cast darts at the people from morning till evening.

1 Maccabees 10:81
But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so their horses were fatigued.