2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 8:35

ταπεινωθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν νομιζομένων ἐλαχίστων εἶναι τῇ τοῦ κυρίου βοηθείᾳ τὴν δοξικὴν ἀποθέμενος ἐσθῆτα διὰ τῆς μεσογείου δραπέτου τρόπον ἔρημον ἑαυτὸν ποιήσας ἧκεν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ὑπὲρ ἅπαν εὐημερηκὼς ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ στρατοῦ διαφθορᾷ.
King James Version (KJV)

He was through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he made least account; and putting off his glorious apparel, and discharging his company, he came like a fugitive servant through the midland unto Antioch, having very great dishonour, for that his host was destroyed.

Modern English

he was, with the Lord's help, humbled by those he had held in the lowest regard; stripping off his splendid clothing and dismissing his escort, he made his way like a runaway slave across the countryside back to Antioch, in deep disgrace at having lost his army.

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