7:11. But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army.
7:12. Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes, to require things that are just:
7:13. And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.
7:14. For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.
7:15. And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.
7:16. And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:
7:17. The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
7:18. Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made.
7:19. And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.
7:20. Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king.