Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter;
When word of what had happened came to Maccabeus, he gathered the leaders of the people,
and accused these men of having sold their brethren for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them.
Judas, who is also called Maccabeus, and his brothers
and the people of the Jews have sent us to you to establish alliance and peace with you, that we may be enrolled as your allies and friends.”.