1 Maccabees 6:23

23 We were happy to serve your father, to live by what he said, and to follow his commands.

1 Maccabees 6:23 In-Context

21 But some of the garrison escaped from the siege and some of the ungodly Israelites joined them.

22 They went to the king and said, "How long will you fail to do justice and to avenge our kindred?

23 We were happy to serve your father, to live by what he said, and to follow his commands.

24 For this reason the sons of our people besieged the citadel and became hostile to us; moreover, they have put to death as many of us as they have caught, and they have seized our inheritances.

25 It is not against us alone that they have stretched out their hands; they have also attacked all the lands on their borders.