Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa, and three thousand chosen men with him:

1 Maccabees 9:3
In the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year they brought the army to Jerusalem:

1 Maccabees 9:4
And they arose and went to Berea, with twenty thousand men, and two thousand horsemen.

1 Maccabees 9:6
And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.

1 Maccabees 9:7
And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged.