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Meanwhile, the enemies in the fort at Jerusalem had been blockading the people of Israel in the area around the Temple, constantly causing them trouble and giving support to the Gentiles.
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So Judas decided to get rid of them and called all the people together to besiege the fort.
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The people assembled and laid siege to the fort in the year 150. They built siege platforms and battering rams.
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But some of the men under siege escaped, and together with some of the renegade Jews, they went to the king and said,
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"How long are you going to wait before you take revenge for what was done to our countrymen?