1 Maccabees 7:24-26

Good News Translation

²⁴ So he went around the whole country of Judea taking revenge on all the men who had willingly joined Alcimus and preventing them from leaving the towns and going into the country. ²⁵ When Alcimus saw that Judas and his men were growing more powerful and when he realized that he would not be able to stand against them, he returned to the king and accused them of great crimes.

²⁶ Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his most honored officers, who hated the Jews, with orders to exterminate them.