Good News Translation
They trusted Alcimus, who was a priest descended from Aaron, and they thought he would not cause them any harm.

New Revised Standard Version
for they said, “A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not harm us.”

Contemporary English Version
These experts had said to themselves, "Alcimus has come with the army, but he is a priest from the family of Aaron, and he will surely treat us with kindness."

New American Bible
for they said, “A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not do us any wrong.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.

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

1 Maccabees 7:12
Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes, to require things that are just:

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

1 Maccabees 7:15
And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.

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: