1 Maccabees 3:34-36

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³⁴ And he turned over to Lysias^[a] half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem, ³⁵ Lysias was to send a force against them to wipe out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem; he was to banish the memory of them from the place, ³⁶ settle aliens in all their territory, and distribute their land by lot.