1 Maccabees 7:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ When this happened, all the people were afraid of Alcimus and Bacchides, and they said,
    They don't know what truth or justice means. They gave their solemn word and then broke it! ¹⁹ Bacchides left Jerusalem and set up his headquarters at Beth Zaith. He ordered the arrest of some of the faithful Jews and even many of the renegades who had willingly joined him; he had them killed and thrown into a deep pit. ²⁰ Bacchides put the country under the control of Alcimus, left troops there to help him, and returned to the king.