24. and he always kept Judas in his company, for he felt affection for the man.
25. He urged him to marry and have children; so Judas married and settled into an ordinary life.
26. When Alcimus saw their mutual goodwill, he took the treaty that had been made, went to Demetrius, and said that Nicanor was plotting against the government, for he had appointed Judas, that conspirator against the kingdom, as his successor.