Good News Translation
where the main force of the foreign army was advancing to meet him. Unknown to Jonathan, they had left a detachment of troops in ambush in the mountains,

New Revised Standard Version
and there in the plain the army of the foreigners met him; they had set an ambush against him in the mountains, but they themselves met him face to face.

Contemporary English Version
Demetrius' army of foreign troops was waiting for them in the valleys. Some of them attacked immediately, while others waited behind some hills, ready to make a surprise attack.

New American Bible
There the army of the foreigners met him on the plain. Having first detached an ambush in the mountains, this army mounted a frontal attack.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold the army of the strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains: but he went out against them.

And behold the army of the strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains: but he went out against them.

1 Maccabees 11:66
And they desired him to make peace, and he granted it them: and he cast them out from thence, and took the city, and placed a garrison in it.

1 Maccabees 11:67
And Jonathan and his army encamped by the water of Genesar, and before it was light they were ready in the plain of Asor.

1 Maccabees 11:69
And they that lay in ambush rose out of their places, and joined battle.

1 Maccabees 11:70
And all that were on Jonathan's side fled, and none was left of them, but Mathathias, the son of Absalom, and Judas, the son of Calphi, chief captain of the army.