Good News Translation
Bacchides left Jerusalem and set up his headquarters at Beth Zaith. He ordered the arrest of some of the faithful Jews and even many of the renegades who had willingly joined him; he had them killed and thrown into a deep pit.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Bacchides withdrew 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.

Contemporary English Version
Bacchides moved his army out of Jerusalem and set up camp near Beth-Zaith. From there he sent soldiers to arrest some of the Jews and those troops who had deserted his army. Then the soldiers murdered them all and dumped their bodies into a deep well.

New American Bible
Bacchides withdrew from Jerusalem and camped in Beth-zaith. He had many of the men who deserted to him arrested and some of the people. He killed them and threw them into a great cistern.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.

And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.

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.

1 Maccabees 7:18
Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made.

1 Maccabees 7:20
Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king.

1 Maccabees 7:21
But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood.