1 Maccabees 6:50

50 The king occupied Bethzur and stationed a body of troops there to guard it.

1 Maccabees 6:50 In-Context

48 The king and his army advanced to fight the Jews at Jerusalem and laid siege to the whole of Judea and Jerusalem.

49 He made peace with the Jews of Bethzur, who then left the town. There had not been enough food in the town for them to withstand the siege because it was the sabbatical year, when no crops were planted.

50 The king occupied Bethzur and stationed a body of troops there to guard it.

51 Then he surrounded the Temple and besieged it for a long time. He set up siege platforms, battering rams, catapults for throwing fire and stones, and other weapons to throw spears and rocks.

52 The defenders also made war machines to oppose those of the enemy, and so the battle went on for a long time.