3 And the thing was known to him, and he said, show me not their faces.
4 And the army killed them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom.
5 And there came to him all the lawless and ungodly men of Israel; and Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest;
6 and they accused the people to the king, saying, Judas and his brethren have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from our own land.
7 Now therefore send a man whom you trust, and let him go and see all the havock which he has made of us, and of the king’s country, and how he has punished them and all that helped them.
8 And the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s Friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.
9 And he sent him, and that ungodly Alcimus, and made sure to him the high priesthood, and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of Israel.