1 Maccabees 10:21-23

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²¹ So Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the one hundred sixtieth year,^[a] at the festival of booths,^[b] and he recruited troops and equipped them with arms in abundance. ²² When Demetrius heard of these things he was distressed and said, ²³ “What is this that we have done? Alexander has gotten ahead of us in forming a friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself.