1 Maccabees 7:15
Good News Translation
Alcimus assured them of his peaceful intentions and solemnly promised that no harm would come to them or their friends.

New Revised Standard Version
Alcimus spoke peaceable words to them and swore this oath to them, “We will not seek to injure you or your friends.”

Contemporary English Version
Alcimus promised to let these devout Jews live in peace,

New American Bible
He spoke with them peacefully and swore to them, “We will not seek to injure you or your friends.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.

1 Maccabees 7:13
And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.

1 Maccabees 7:14
For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.

1 Maccabees 7:16
And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:

1 Maccabees 7:17
The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

Context
1 Maccabees 7
14For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 15And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 16And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 7:13
And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.

1 Maccabees 7:14
For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.

1 Maccabees 7:16
And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:

1 Maccabees 7:17
The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.



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1 Maccabees 7:14
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