1 Maccabees 7:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² However, a group of scribes approached Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for just terms of peace. ¹³ The Hasideans were the first among the Israelites to request a peace agreement, ¹⁴ for they said, “A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not be a party to any wrongful act.”