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But when Alcimus noticed their good will for one another, he took the covenant that had been made and went to Demetrius. He told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against the kingdom, Judas, to be his successor. (2 Maccabees 14, 26)
The king became excited and, provoked by the false accusations of that depraved man, wrote to Nicanor, stating that he was displeased with the covenant and commanding him to send Maccabeus to Antioch as a prisoner without delay. (2 Maccabees 14, 27)
When this message came to Nicanor, he was troubled and grieved that he had to annul their agreement when the man had done no wrong. (2 Maccabees 14, 28)
Since it was not possible to oppose the king, he watched for an opportunity to accomplish this by a stratagem. (2 Maccabees 14, 29)
But Maccabeus, noticing that Nicanor was more austere in his dealings with him and was meeting him more rudely than had been his custom, concluded that this austerity did not spring from the best motives. So he gathered not a few of his men, and went into hiding from Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
And when they declared on oath that they did not know where the man was whom he sought, (2 Maccabees 14, 32)
he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: "If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this precinct of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and I will build here a splendid temple to Dionysus." (2 Maccabees 14, 33)
"O Lord of all, who hast need of nothing, thou wast pleased that there be a temple for thy habitation among us; (2 Maccabees 14, 35)
so now, O holy One, Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled for ever this house that has been so recently purified." (2 Maccabees 14, 36)
A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a man who loved his fellow citizens and was very well thought of and for his good will was called father of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 14, 37)
For in former times, when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and for Judaism he had with all zeal risked body and life. (2 Maccabees 14, 38)
Nicanor, wishing to exhibit the enmity which he had for the Jews, sent more than five hundred soldiers to arrest him; (2 Maccabees 14, 39)
