1 Maccabees 7:3-6 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

3. When Demetrius heard about it, he said, “I don't want to see them.”

4. So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius took the throne.

5. Then all the godless traitorous Jews led by Alcimus, who wanted to be High Priest, went to Demetrius.

6. They brought accusations against the other Jews and said, “Judas and his brothers have killed everybody who supported you, and they have driven us out of our country.

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