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,
17
"The flesh of thy saints and their blood they poured out round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them."
18
Then the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, "There is no truth or justice in them, for they have violated the agreement and the oath which they swore."
19
Then Bacchides departed from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-zaith. And he sent and seized many of the men who had deserted to him, and some of the people, and killed them and threw them into a great pit.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.