1 Maccabees 6:48

Siege of the temple

48 The king's army went up to Jerusalem against them. The king camped in Judea and at Mount Zion.

1 Maccabees 6:48 In-Context

46 He got under the elephant and stabbed it from underneath. He killed it, but it fell to the ground on top of him, and he died there.

47 As the Jews experienced the might and the fierce attack of the king's forces, they turned away and fled.

48 The king's army went up to Jerusalem against them. The king camped in Judea and at Mount Zion.

49 He made peace with the people of Beth-zur. They evacuated the town because they lacked sufficient resources there to withstand a siege (it was a sabbatical year for the land).

50 So the king took Beth-zur and positioned a guard unit there to hold it.