1 Maccabees 6:54

54 Only a few men were left in the sanctuary; the rest scattered to their own homes, for the famine proved too much for them.

1 Maccabees 6:54 In-Context

52 The Jews also made engines of war to match theirs, and fought for many days.

53 But they had no food in storage, because it was the seventh year; those who had found safety in Judea from the Gentiles had consumed the last of the stores.

54 Only a few men were left in the sanctuary; the rest scattered to their own homes, for the famine proved too much for them.

55 Then Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus while still living had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus to be king,

56 had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had gone with the king, and that he was trying to seize control of the government.