2 Maccabees 14:25-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 He urged him to marry and have children; so Judas married and settled into an ordinary life.
Nicanor’s Threat Against Judas. 26 When Alcimus saw their mutual goodwill, he took the treaty that had been made, went to Demetrius, and said that Nicanor was plotting against the government, for he had appointed Judas, that conspirator against the kingdom, as his successor. 27 Stirred up by the villain’s slander, the king became enraged. He wrote to Nicanor, stating that he was displeased with the treaty, and ordering him to send Maccabeus at once as a prisoner to Antioch.
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