1 Maccabees 6:54

54 Few men were left in the sanctuary, because famine had prevailed over the rest and they had been scattered, each to his own place.

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 found safety in Judea from the Gentiles had consumed the last of the stores.

54 Few men were left in the sanctuary, because famine had prevailed over the rest and they had been scattered, each to his own place.

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