13. And the Hasidaeans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them;
14. for they said, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with the forces, and he will do us no wrong.
15. And he spoke with them words of peace, and sware to them, saying, We will seek the hurt neither of you nor your friends.
16. And they gave him credence: and he laid hands on threescore men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which the psalmist wrote,
17. The flesh of your saints did they cast out, And their blood did they shed round about Jerusalem; And there was no man to bury them.
18. And the fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, There is neither truth nor judgement in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they sware.
19. And Bacchides removed from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth; and he sent and took away many of the deserters that were with him, and certain of the people, and he killed them, and cast them into the great pit.