1 Maccabees 10:77-81

⁷⁷ Whereof when Apollonius heard, he took three thousand horsemen, with a great host of footmen, and went to Azotus as one that journeyed, and therewithal drew him forth into the plain. because he had a great number of horsemen, in whom he put his trust.

⁷⁸ Then Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies joined battle.

⁷⁹ Now Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen in ambush.

⁸⁰ And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him; for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people, from morning till evening.

⁸¹ But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so the enemies' horses were tired.