1 Maccabees 6:18DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 18 of 63
"Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles."
In context
16So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
17And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.
18Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.
19And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.
20And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.