1 Maccabees 7:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ They made an accusation to King Demetrius against the people, “Judas and his brothers have destroyed all your political advisors^[a] and have driven us out of our land. ⁷ Now send someone that you trust to go and see all the ruin that Judas has brought on us and on the king’s land. Let that person punish them and all who help them.”

⁸ The king selected Bacchides, one of the king’s chief political advisors and governor of the province called Beyond the River. He was a powerful man in the kingdom and was loyal to the king.