24. (in those days there was an exceeding great famine), and the country went over with them.
25. And Bacchides chose out the ungodly men, and made them lords of the country.
26. And they sought out and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them, and used them despitefully.
27. And there was great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the time that no prophet appeared to them.