1 Maccabees 6:50

50 And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.

1 Maccabees 6:50 In-Context

48 But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
50 And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.
51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.
52 And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.
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