1 Maccabees 6:50-52

Wycliffe Bible

⁵⁰ And the king took Bethsura, and ordained there (a) keeping, for to keep it.

⁵¹ And he turned the tents to the place of hallowing (for) many days (or And he turned the host, to besiege the Temple for many days); and ordained there arblasts (or arrow-blasters), and engines, and darts, or castings, of fire, and torments for to cast stones and darts, and scorpions for to shoot arrows, and slings.

⁵² Forsooth and they made engines against the engines of them, and [they] fought (for) many days.