Good News Translation
he had a stroke, and work was stopped. Paralyzed and unable to open his mouth, he could not speak or even make a will for his family.

Contemporary English Version
But no sooner had the work begun, than Alcimus got sick and everything stopped. He couldn't move or even give instructions for making out his will.

Douay-Rheims Bible
At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.

At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.

1 Maccabees 9:53
And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.

1 Maccabees 9:54
Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three, the second month, Alcimus commanded the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary to be thrown down, and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and he began to destroy.

1 Maccabees 9:56
And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.

1 Maccabees 9:57
And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead: and he returned to the king, and the land was quiet for two years.