2 Maccabees 14:11

⁹Wherefore, O king, seeing knowest all these things, be careful for the country, and our nation, which is pressed on every side, according to the clemency that thou readily shewest unto all.

¹⁰For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.

— 2 Maccabees 14:11 —

¹²And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,

¹³Commanding him to slay Judas, and to scatter them that were with him, and to make Alcimus high priest of the great temple.