1 Maccabees 7:3-5

Common English Bible

³ But when he learned about this act, he said, “Don’t let me see their faces!” ⁴ So the soldiers killed them. Demetrius then took his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

⁵ All the immoral and sinful Israelites came to him. Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest, led them.