1 Maccabees 9:49-51

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ About one thousand of Bacchides’ soldiers died that day.

Bacchides builds fortifications

⁵⁰ Then Bacchides returned to Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judea: the fortress in Jericho, Emmaus, Beth-horon, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, all with high walls and gates and bars. ⁵¹ He placed soldiers in each of them to harass Israel.