1 Maccabees 13:41-43

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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

The Capture of Gazara by Simon

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