25
He encouraged him to marry and to have children. So Judas married, enjoyed tranquillity, and began to live a normal life.
26
When Alcimus noted the goodwill that Nicanor and Judas had toward each other, he obtained the documents of agreement drawn up between them and went to Demetrius. He claimed that Nicanor was disloyal to the government because he had appointed Judas, who plotted against the king, as his successor.
27
The king was furious and, provoked by the accusations of the thoroughly depraved Alcimus, wrote to Nicanor. He forcefully asserted that he was displeased with the terms of agreement and ordered him to send the Maccabee as a prisoner to Antioch immediately.
28
When this order reached Nicanor, he was upset and found it difficult to revoke the agreements, seeing how the man had done no wrong.
29
But he couldn't defy the king, so he watched for an opportune time to set a trap.