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Judas had posted armed men in strategic positions, in case of a sudden treacherous move by the enemy. The leaders held their conference and reached agreement. (2 Maccabees 14, 22)
He kept Judas constantly with him, becoming deeply attached to him (2 Maccabees 14, 24)
and encouraged him to marry and have children. Judas married, settled down and led a normal life. (2 Maccabees 14, 25)
When Alcimus saw how friendly the two men had become, he went to Demetrius with a copy of the treaty they had signed and told him that Nicanor was harbouring thoughts against the interests of the State, and was planning that Judas, an enemy of the realm, should fill the next vacancy among the Friends of the King. (2 Maccabees 14, 26)
The king flew into a rage; roused by the slanders of this villain, he wrote to Nicanor, telling him of his strong displeasure at these agreements and ordering him immediately to send Maccabaeus to Antioch in chains. (2 Maccabees 14, 27)
Maccabaeus began to notice that Nicanor was treating him more sharply and that his manner of speaking to him was more abrupt than it had been, and he concluded that such sharpness could have no very good motive. He therefore collected a considerable number of his followers and got away form Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
The latter, realising that the man had well and truly outmanoeuvred him, went to the greatest and holiest of Temples when the priests were offering the customary sacrifices, and ordered them to surrender Judas. (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
he stretched out his right hand towards the Temple and swore this oath, 'If you do not hand Judas over to me as prisoner, I shall rase this dwelling of God to the ground, I shall demolish the altar, and on this very spot I shall erect a splendid temple to Dionysus.' (2 Maccabees 14, 33)
Nicanor heard that Judas and his men were in the neighbourhood of Samaria, so he decided to attack them, at no risk to himself, on the day of rest. (2 Maccabees 15, 1)
While Nicanor, in his unlimited boastfulness and pride, was planning to erect a general trophy with the spoils taken from Judas and his men, (2 Maccabees 15, 6)
Maccabaeus remained firm in his confident conviction that the Lord would stand by him. (2 Maccabees 15, 7)
Jeremiah then stretched out his right hand and presented Judas with a golden sword, saying as he gave it, (2 Maccabees 15, 15)