1 Maccabees 7:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³ When Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and his supporters had inflicted on the Israelites, exceeding anything that the Gentiles had done, ²⁴ he went throughout the territory of Judea, punishing those who had deserted and preventing them from gaining access to rural areas. ²⁵ When Alcimus saw that Judas and his supporters were gaining considerable strength and realized that he would not be able to withstand them, he returned to the king and brought malicious charges against them.