1 Maccabees 2:48

So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

They rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles and out of the hand of the kings. They never allowed the sinner to triumph.