2 Maccabees 14:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁰ For as long as Judas lives, it is impossible for the government to find peace.’ ¹¹ When he had said this, the rest of the king’s Friends,^[a] who were hostile to Judas, quickly inflamed Demetrius still more. ¹² He immediately chose Nicanor, who had been in command of the elephants, appointed him governor of Judea, and sent him off