1 Maccabees 9:58-60

New Catholic Bible

⁵⁸ Bacchides Negotiates with Jonathan. Then all the renegades gathered together in council. “Now is the time,” they said, “with Jonathan and his people living in peace and security, for us to bring back Bacchides, and he will capture all of them in a single night.” ⁵⁹ Therefore, they went and consulted with him. ⁶⁰ Bacchides set out with a large force, simultaneously sending letters secretly to all his allies in Judea that instructed them to seize Jonathan and his men. However, they were unable to do so because their plot became known,