1macc 5:10
King James Version
“And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:”
Context
7So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were discomfited before him; and he smote them.
8And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.
9Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema.
10And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:
11And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we are fled, Timotheus being captain of their host.
12Come now therefore, and deliver us from their hands, for many of us are slain:
13Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.