1 Maccabees 14:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ He enlarged the frontiers of his nation
    and gained complete control of the country.
⁷ He took many captives
    and conquered Gazara, Beth-zur, and the citadel.
He cleansed the citadel of its defilement;
    no one was able to withstand him.
⁸ The people farmed their land in peace;
    the ground yielded its produce
    and the trees of the plain their fruit.