2 Maccabees 14:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² So King Demetrius immediately appointed Nicanor, who was the commander of his elephant forces, to be governor of Judea, and sent him there ¹³ with orders to kill Judas, scatter his followers, and make Alcimus High Priest of the greatest Temple in all the world. ¹⁴ All the foreigners in Judea, who had fled from Judas' attacks, now rushed to join forces with Nicanor, because they thought that any defeat or trouble that came to the Jews would be to their own advantage.