1 Maccabees 5:48-50

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ Judas sent them a peaceful message: “Let us pass through your land to get to ours. We won’t do you any harm. We’ll just pass through by foot.” But they still refused to open to him. ⁴⁹ So Judas ordered that the army camp wherever they were, ⁵⁰ and the forces did so. All that day and night he fought against the town, and it was handed over to him.