1 Maccabees 6:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.

¹³ I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.

¹⁴ Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.