1 Maccabees 7:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army.

¹² Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes to require things that are just:

¹³ And first the Assideans that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.