1 Maccabees 9:69

69 And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country.

1 Maccabees 9:69 In-Context

67 But Simon and they that were with him, sallied out of the city, and burnt the engines.
68 And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain.
69 And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country.
70 And Jonathan had knowledge of it, and he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him, and to restore to him the prisoners.
71 And he accepted it willingly, and did according to his words, and swore that the would do him no harm all the days of his life.
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