1 Maccabees 7:14

14 for they said, "A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not harm us."

1 Maccabees 7:14 In-Context

12 Then a group of scribes appeared in a body before Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for just terms.

13 The Hasideans were first among the sons of Israel to seek peace from them,

14 for they said, "A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not harm us."

15 And he spoke peaceable words to them and swore this oath to them, "We will not seek to injure you or your friends."

16 So they trusted him; but he seized sixty of them and killed them in one day, in accordance with the word which was written,