Good News Translation
Judas had camped at Elasa, with 3,000 experienced soldiers.

New Revised Standard Version
Now Judas was encamped in Elasa, and with him were three thousand picked men.

Contemporary English Version
Three thousand of the Jews' best soldiers were camped at Elasa under the command of Judas.

New American Bible
Judas, with three thousand picked men, had camped at Elasa.

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

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.