2 Maccabees 13:18

Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,

Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,

But the king, having had a taste of the exceeding boldness of the Jews, made strategic attacks on their positions,

¶Now when the King had tasted the manlines of the Iewes, he went about to take the holdes by policie,