1 Maccabees 13:43-45

Common English Bible

Simon captures Gazara

⁴³ In those days, Simon camped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine and brought it up to the city. He battered and captured one tower. ⁴⁴ The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose. ⁴⁵ Together with their wives and children, the men went up on the wall with their clothes torn. They cried out loudly, asking Simon to make peace with them.