1 Maccabees 4:59-61

Wycliffe Bible

⁵⁹ And Judas ordained, and his brethren, and all the church (or all the congregation) of Israel, that the day of hallowing of the altar be done in his (or its) times, from year into year, by eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Kislev, that is, December, with gladness and joy.

⁶⁰ And they builded in that time the hill of Zion, and by compass high walls, and firm towers, lest any time (the) heathen men would come, and defoul it, as they did before.

⁶¹ And he set there an host [or a company], for to keep it; and he warded it, for to keep Bethsura, (so) that the people should have strengthening [or warding] against the face of Idumea (or of Edom).