1 Maccabees 7:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ To see the havock that Judas had made: and the wicked Alcimus he made high priest, and commanded him to take revenge upon the children of Israel.

¹⁰ And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spoke to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.

¹¹ But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army.