1 Maccabees 10:78-85
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78 Then Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies joined battle.
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79 Now Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen in ambush.
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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.
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81 But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so the enemies' horses were tired.
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82 Then brought Simon forth his host, and set them against the footmen, (for the horsemen were spent) who were discomfited by him, and fled.
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83 The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their idol's temple, for safety.
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84 But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.
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85 Thus there were burned and slain with the sword well nigh eight thousand men.