2 Maccabees 14:8

8 first, verily for the unfeigned care I have for things pertaining to the king, and secondly, because I intend the good of mine own countrymen; for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of those aforesaid.

2 Maccabees 14:8 In-Context

6 Those of the Jews who are called Hasideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the realm be in peace.

7 Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors' honor (I mean the high priesthood), have now come hither,

8 first, verily for the unfeigned care I have for things pertaining to the king, and secondly, because I intend the good of mine own countrymen; for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of those aforesaid.

9 Therefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, be careful for the country and our nation, which is pressed on every side, according to the clemency that thou readily showest unto all.

10 For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.