1 Maccabees 14:7-9

New Catholic Bible

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.
⁹ Old men sat in the squares;
    all their conversation revolved around their prosperity,
    while the young men were arrayed in splendid armor.