1 Maccabees 7:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ Then the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is no truth or justice in them, for they have violated the agreement and the oath which they swore.”

¹⁹ Then Bac′chides departed from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-zaith. And he sent and seized many of the men who had deserted to him,^[a] and some of the people, and killed them and threw them into the great pit. ²⁰ He placed Al′cimus in charge of the country and left with him a force to help him; then Bac′chides went back to the king.