1 Maccabees 13:41-43

Common English Bible

⁴¹ In the year 170,^[a] the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel. ⁴² The people of Israel began to write in their documents and contracts, “In the first year of Simon the great high priest, commander and leader of the Jews.”

Simon captures Gazara

⁴³ In those days, Simon camped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine and brought it up to the city. He battered and captured one tower.