Then he turned back to the battle against the enemy and routed them, and they fled may be rendered “Then he turned back and fought the enemy again, and forced them to turn and flee.”
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.