1 Maccabees 9:51-53

Good News Translation

⁵¹ In all of these he placed troops to harass the Jews. ⁵² He also strengthened the fortifications of the towns of Bethzur and Gezer and of the fort in Jerusalem. He placed army units in them and stored up supplies there. ⁵³ Then he took the sons of the leading men of the country as hostages and imprisoned them in the fort.