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26 These searched out and hunted down the friends of Judas and brought them to Bacchides, who took his revenge on them and mocked them. 27 There was great distress[a] in Israel, the likes of which had not been since the days when the prophets ceased to appear among them.

28 Then all the friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 9:27 Great distress: with respect to the distress of the Jews at the silence of the prophets, see 4:46.