1 Maccabees 6:26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ And lo! they applied today to the high tower in Jerusalem, for to occupy it, and they strengthened a strengthening in Bethsura. (And lo! today they encamped at, or they besieged the high tower in Jerusalem, to occupy it; and they have strengthened the sanctuary and Bethsura.)

²⁷ And if thou shalt not before come them more swiftly, they shall do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to wield them.

²⁸ And the king was wroth, as he heard this thing, and called together all his friends, and princes of his host, and them that were over (the) horsemen;