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For as long as Judas lives, it is impossible for the government to find peace." (2 Maccabees 14, 10)
When he had said this, the rest of the king's friends, who were hostile to Judas, quickly inflamed Demetrius still more. (2 Maccabees 14, 11)
with orders to kill Judas and scatter his men, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple. (2 Maccabees 14, 13)
And the Gentiles throughout Judea, who had fled before Judas, flocked to join Nicanor, thinking that the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews would mean prosperity for themselves. (2 Maccabees 14, 14)
Simon, the brother of Judas, had encountered Nicanor, but had been temporarily checked because of the sudden consternation created by the enemy. (2 Maccabees 14, 17)
Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of Judas and his men and their courage in battle for their country, shrank from deciding the issue by bloodshed. (2 Maccabees 14, 18)
Judas posted armed men in readiness at key places to prevent sudden treachery on the part of the enemy; they held the proper conference. (2 Maccabees 14, 22)
And he kept Judas always in his presence; he was warmly attached to the man. (2 Maccabees 14, 24)
But when Alcimus noticed their good will for one another, he took the covenant that had been made and went to Demetrius. He told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against the kingdom, Judas, to be his successor. (2 Maccabees 14, 26)
The king became excited and, provoked by the false accusations of that depraved man, wrote to Nicanor, stating that he was displeased with the covenant and commanding him to send Maccabeus to Antioch as a prisoner without delay. (2 Maccabees 14, 27)
But Maccabeus, noticing that Nicanor was more austere in his dealings with him and was meeting him more rudely than had been his custom, concluded that this austerity did not spring from the best motives. So he gathered not a few of his men, and went into hiding from Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: "If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this precinct of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and I will build here a splendid temple to Dionysus." (2 Maccabees 14, 33)