2 Maccabees 14:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² Immediately choosing Nicanor the commander of the elephants and appointing him governor of Judea, the king sent him out ¹³ with written orders to kill Judas and scatter those with him, and to install Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple. ¹⁴ The Judean Gentiles who had fled from Judas joined Nicanor in large numbers, thinking that they would benefit from the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews.