2 Maccabees 8:10-12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ And Nicanor purposed to raise for the king the tribute of two thousand talents, that was to be given to the Romans, by making so much money of the captive Jews:

¹¹ Wherefore he sent immediately to the cities upon the sea coast, to invite men together to buy up the Jewish slaves, promising that they should have ninety slaves for one talent, not reflecting on the vengeance, which was to follow him from the Almighty.

¹² Now when Judas found that Nicanor was coming, he imparted to the Jews that were with him, that the enemy was at hand.