20. Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and he left behind troops with him to assist him. And so Bacchides went away to the king.
21. And Alcimus did what he pleased by means of his leadership of the priesthood.
22. And all those who disturbed the people assembled before him, and they obtained the land of Judah, and they caused a great scourging in Israel.
23. And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and those who were with him, did to the sons of Israel, even more than the Gentiles did.
24. And he went out into all the parts surrounding Judea, and he took vengeance on the men who had rebelled, and they ceased to go forth into the region any longer.