1 Maccabees 14:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ He gathered a host of captives;
    he ruled over Gazara and Beth-zur and the citadel,
and he removed its uncleanness from it;
    and there was none to oppose him.
⁸ They tilled their land in peace;
    the ground gave its increase,
    and the trees of the plains their fruit.
⁹ Old men sat in the streets;
    they all talked together of good things,
    and the youths put on splendid military attire.