2 Maccabees 14:10-12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.

¹¹ Now when this man had spoken to this effect, the rest also of the king's friends, who were enemies of Judas, incensed Demetrius against him.

¹² And forthwith he sent Nicanor, the commander over the elephants, governor into Judea: