1 Maccabees 6:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² But now I recall the evil deeds I perpetrated in Jerusalem in seizing all its vessels of silver and gold and unjustifiably ordering the extermination of the inhabitants of Judah. ¹³ I am certain that this is the reason why these misfortunes have afflicted me, and why I am dying here of bitter grief in a strange land.”

¹⁴ Then he summoned Philip, one of his Friends, and appointed him ruler over his entire kingdom.