1 Maccabees 7:23-25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³ And Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and those with him had done among the Israelites; it was more than the Gentiles had done. ²⁴ So Judas^[a] went out into all the surrounding parts of Judea, taking vengeance on those who had deserted and preventing those in the city^[b] from going out into the country. ²⁵ When Alcimus saw that Judas and those with him had grown strong, and realized that he could not withstand them, he returned to the king and brought malicious charges against them.