1 Maccabees 1:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ When the attack came, King Ptolemy of Egypt turned and fled, and many of his soldiers were killed. ¹⁹ Antiochus was able to capture the fortified cities of Egypt and plunder the whole land.

Antiochus Persecutes the Jews

²⁰ In the year 143,^[a] after the conquest of Egypt, Antiochus marched with a great army against the land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem.