1 Maccabees 11:63-65

Common English Bible

⁶³ Then Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ officers had come to Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office. ⁶⁴ He went to meet them but left his brother Simon in the country. ⁶⁵ Simon camped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days, hemming it in.