1 Maccabees 7:10

10 They left Antioch and arrived in Judea with a large army. Bacchides tried to trick Judas and his brothers by sending to them messengers with offers of peace.

1 Maccabees 7:10 In-Context

8 King Demetrius chose one of his advisers, a man by the name of Bacchides, who was the governor of Greater Syria. He was an important man in the empire and loyal to the king.

9 He was sent along with the godless Alcimus, whom the king had appointed High Priest; Alcimus had orders to take revenge on the Jews.

10 They left Antioch and arrived in Judea with a large army. Bacchides tried to trick Judas and his brothers by sending to them messengers with offers of peace.

11 But when Judas and his brothers saw what a large army they had brought, they did not believe what the messengers said.

12 A group of teachers of the Law came to Alcimus and Bacchides, asking for justice.