2 Maccabees 14:22-24 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

22. But Judas ordered men to be ready in convenient places, lest some mischief might he suddenly practised by the enemies: so they made an agreeable conference.

23. And Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no wrong, but sent away the flocks of the multitudes that had been gathered together.

24. And Judas was always dear to him from the heart, and he was well affected to the man.

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