9. He sent him and the renegade Alcimus, to whom he granted the high priesthood, with orders to take revenge on the Israelites.
10. They set out and, on arriving in the land of Judah with a great army, sent messengers who spoke deceitfully to Judas and his brothers in peaceful terms.
11. But these paid no attention to their words, seeing that they had come with a great army.
12. A group of scribes, however, gathered about Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for a just agreement.