2 Maccabees 14:25-27

New Catholic Bible

²⁵ He urged him to marry and have children, and Judas did marry and settle down to lead the quiet life of an ordinary citizen.

²⁶ Nicanor Moves Anew against Judas. When Alcimus^[a] discovered the depth of the friendship that these two men had for each other, he went to Demetrius with a copy of the treaty they had signed. He claimed that Nicanor was engaged in treasonable activity against the state, since he had appointed Judas, a conspirator against the kingdom, to be his successor. ²⁷ Enraged by the slanderous charges of that villain, the king wrote to Nicanor, expressing his displeasure with the terms of the treaty and commanding him to send Maccabeus as a prisoner to Antioch at once.