1 Maccabees 7:24-26

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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.

Nicanor in Judea

²⁶ Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honored princes, who hated and detested Israel, and he commanded him to destroy the people.