1 Maccabees 7:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶ Nicanor Is Entrusted with Putting Down the Insurgents. Then the king sent Nicanor,^[a] one of his most distinguished officers and a bitter enemy of Israel, with orders to destroy the people. ²⁷ Having arrived in Jerusalem with a large force, he sent to Judas and his brothers this deceitful message couched in peaceful terms: ²⁸ “Let there be no fighting between you and me. I shall come with a small escort to have a peaceful meeting with you.”