As many as three thousand of the foreigners fell that day may be expressed as “They killed at least 3,000 [or, three thousand] of the foreign [or, enemy] soldiers that day.”

And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem: Good News Bible‘s model is good here.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.