1 Maccabees 9:58DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 58 of 73
"And all the wicked held a council, saying: Behold Jonathan, and they that are with him, dwell at ease, and without fear: now therefore let us bring Bacchides hither, and he shall take them all in one night."
In context
56And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.
57And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead: and he returned to the king, and the land was quiet for two years.
58And all the wicked held a council, saying: Behold Jonathan, and they that are with him, dwell at ease, and without fear: now therefore let us bring Bacchides hither, and he shall take them all in one night.
59So they went, and gave him counsel.
60And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea, to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them.