Good News Translation
The two men became the best of friends, and Judas was Nicanor's constant companion.

New Revised Standard Version
And he kept Judas always in his presence; he was warmly attached to the man.

Contemporary English Version
He and Judas became close friends and spent a lot of time together.

New American Bible
and he always kept Judas in his company, for he felt affection for the man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Judas was always dear to him from the heart, and he was well affected to the man.

And Judas was always dear to him from the heart, and he was well affected to the man.

2 Maccabees 14:22
But Judas ordered armed men to be ready in convenient places, lest some mischief might be suddenly practised by the enemies: so they made an agreeable conference.

2 Maccabees 14:23
And Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no wrong, but sent away the flocks of the multitudes that had been gathered together.

2 Maccabees 14:25
And he desired him to marry a wife, and to have children. So he married: he lived quietly, and they lived in common.

2 Maccabees 14:26
But Alcimus seeing the love they had one to another, and the covenants, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor had assented to the foreign interest, for that he meant to make Judas, who was a traitor to the kingdom, his successor.