1 Maccabees 15:14

14 And when he had compassed the city round about, and placed ships close to the town on the seaside, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.

1 Maccabees 15:14 In-Context

12 for he saw that troubles came upon him all at once and that his forces had forsaken him.

13 Then camped Antiochus against Dor, having with him a hundred and twenty thousand men of war and eight thousand horsemen.

14 And when he had compassed the city round about, and placed ships close to the town on the seaside, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.

15 In the meantime came Numenius and his company from Rome, having letters to the kings and countries, wherein were written these things:

16 Lucius, consul of the Romans, unto King Ptolemy, greeting: