1 Maccabees 6:18-20
Good News Translation
The Campaign of Antiochus the Fifth and Lysias(A)
18 Meanwhile, the enemies in the fort at Jerusalem had been blockading the people of Israel in the area around the Temple, constantly causing them trouble and giving support to the Gentiles. 19 So Judas decided to get rid of them and called all the people together to besiege the fort. 20 The people assembled and laid siege to the fort in the year 150.[a] They built siege platforms and battering rams.
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- 1 Maccabees 6:20 the year 150: This corresponds to 162 B.C.
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