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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.

26 Nicanor Is Entrusted with Putting Down the Insurgents. Then the king sent Nicanor,[a] one of his most distinguished officers and a bitter enemy of Israel, with orders to destroy the people. 27 Having arrived in Jerusalem with a large force, he sent to Judas and his brothers this deceitful message couched in peaceful terms:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 7:26 Nicanor was, according to Josephus, one of the men who escaped from Rome with Demetrius. He is placed in a better and truer light by 2 Mac 14:17-25, and 2 Mac 14:26-30 shows that his friendship with Judas was eroded by the machinations of Alcimus.