“The mystical Antiochus advances against Judea and Mount Zion, because he turns his entire war apparatus toward the overthrow of the Church of Christ and makes peace with those who were in Bethsura, since he does not offer true peace but false peace to those whom he wishes to deceive and mislead through fabrication. Bu…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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49But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.
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47Howbeit the rest of the Jews seeing the strength of the king, and the violence of his forces, turned away from them.
48Then the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against mount Sion.
— 1 Maccabees 6:49 —
50So the king took Bethsura, and set a garrison there to keep it.
51As for the sanctuary, he besieged it many days: and set there artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones, and pieces to cast darts and slings.