↵ 1 Maccabees 16
1 Maccabees 16:22

καὶ ἀκούσας ἐξέστη σφόδρα, καὶ συνέλαβεν τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐλθόντας ἀπολέσαι αὐτόν· καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς, ἔγνω γὰρ ὅτι ἐζητοῦσαν αὐτὸν ἀπολέσαι.

  1. καὶ
    and
  2. ἀκούσας
    having heard
  3. ἐξέστη
    was amazed
    was astonished
  4. σφόδρα
    exceedingly
    very, greatly
  5.  
    ,
     
  6. καὶ
    and
  7. συνέλαβεν
    conceived
    seized
  8. τοὺς
    the
  9. ἄνδρας
    men
  10. τοὺς
    the
  11. ἐλθόντας
    having come
  12. ἀπολέσαι
    to destroy
  13. αὐτόν
    him
  14.  
    ·
     
  15. καὶ
    and
  16. ἀπέκτεινεν
    killed
    he killed
  17. αὐτούς
    them
  18.  
    ,
     
  19. ἔγνω
    knew
  20. γὰρ
    for
  21. ὅτι
    that
    because
  22. ἐζητοῦσαν
    they were seeking
  23. αὐτὸν
    him
  24. ἀπολέσαι
    to destroy
  25.  
    .
     

Having heard, he was greatly amazed, and he seized the men who had come to destroy him and killed them, for he knew that they were seeking to destroy him.