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These words pleased the king and the generals, (1 Maccabees 6, 60)
so the king sent messengers to make peace with the Jews, and the Jews accepted it. When the king and the generals had committed themselves with an oath, the Jews came out of the fortress. (1 Maccabees 6, 61)
The king went up to Mount Zion and when he saw the defenses, he broke his oath and ordered the surrounding wall to be demolished. (1 Maccabees 6, 62)
In the year one hundred and fifty-one, Demetrius the son of Seleucus escaped from Rome. He sailed with a few men to a port of the kingdom where he arrived and proclaimed himself king. (1 Maccabees 7, 1)
And they began accusing their own people before the king, "Judas and his brothers have murdered all your friends and have driven us away from our land. (1 Maccabees 7, 6)
Send one of your trustworthy Friends, to see the havoc they have caused us and our province which belongs to the king. Let him punish all who support them." (1 Maccabees 7, 7)
The king chose Bacchides, one of his Friends and a distinguished man of the kingdom, the governor of the western province of the Euphrates. (1 Maccabees 7, 8)
Then he placed the province in the hands of Alcimus, leaving him with an army to help him and he returned to the king. (1 Maccabees 7, 20)
Alcimus realized that Judas and his men were of greater strength and that he could not resist them, so he returned to the king and accused them of serious crimes. (1 Maccabees 7, 25)
The king then sent Nicanor, one of his more illustrious generals and a known enemy of Israel, with the mission to utterly destroy this people. (1 Maccabees 7, 26)
After these events, Nicanor went up to Mount Zion and some of the priests and elders came out of the temple to greet him peacefully and show him the sacrifice they offered for the king. (1 Maccabees 7, 33)
"Lord, when the messengers of the king of Assyria insulted you, your angel came and killed one hundred and eighty-five thousand of his men. (1 Maccabees 7, 41)
