1 Maccabees 7:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes to require things that are just:

¹³ And first the Assideans that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.

¹⁴ For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.