1 Maccabees 11:65

65 Simon camped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days, hemming it in.

1 Maccabees 11:65 In-Context

63 Then Jonathan heard that Demetrius' officers had come to Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office.
64 He went to meet them but left his brother Simon in the country.
65 Simon camped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days, hemming it in.
66 Then they asked Simon to grant them terms of peace, and he did so. He removed them from there and took possession of the town. He appointed troops to guard it.
67 Jonathan and his army camped by the waters of Gennesaret. Early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor,
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