1 Maccabees 7:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: And Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.

⁶ And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.

⁷ Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go, and see all the havock he hath made amongst us, and in the king's lands: and let him punish all his friends and their helpers.