1 Maccabees 6:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁶ And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:

²⁷ And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.

²⁸ Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.