1 Maccabees 6:24-26

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁴ For this reason the sons of our people besieged the citadel^[a] and became hostile to us; moreover, they have put to death as many of us as they have caught, and they have seized our inheritances. ²⁵ And not against us alone have they stretched out their hands, but also against all the lands on their borders. ²⁶ And behold, today they have encamped against the citadel in Jerusalem to take it; they have fortified both the sanctuary and Beth-zur;