1 Maccabees 4:60-61

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶⁰ They built up also at that time mount Sion, with high walls, and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should at any time come, and tread it down as they did before.

⁶¹ And he placed a garrison there to keep it, and he fortified it to secure Bethsura, that the people might have a defence against Idumea.