1 Maccabees 9:59-61

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵⁹ And they went and consulted with him. ⁶⁰ He started to come with a large force, and secretly sent letters to all his allies in Judea, telling them to seize Jonathan and his men; but they were unable to do it, because their plan became known. ⁶¹ And Jonathan’s men^[a] seized about fifty of the men of the country who were leaders in this treachery, and killed them.