1 Maccabees 11:19-21

Revised Standard Version

¹⁹ So Deme′trius became king in the one hundred and sixty-seventh year.^[a]

Jonathan’s Diplomacy

²⁰ In those days Jonathan assembled the men of Judea to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it. ²¹ But certain lawless men who hated their nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.