1 Maccabees 6:48
Good News Translation
The king and his army advanced to fight the Jews at Jerusalem and laid siege to the whole of Judea and Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
The soldiers of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem against them, and the king encamped in Judea and at Mount Zion.

Contemporary English Version
Antiochus the Fifth surrounded Jerusalem with part of his army, while the rest of his troops set up camp everywhere in Judea. All of this happened during the Seventh Year, when the Jews do not plant crops. Antiochus attacked the town of Beth-Zur. Its people soon ran out of food and had to stop fighting, so they surrendered and left their town.

New American Bible
Some of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to attack them, and the king established camps in Judea and at Mount Zion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion.

1 Maccabees 6:46
And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.

1 Maccabees 6:47
Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.

1 Maccabees 6:49
And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.

1 Maccabees 6:50
And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.

Context
1 Maccabees 6
47Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them. 48But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion. 49And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 6:46
And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.

1 Maccabees 6:47
Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.

1 Maccabees 6:49
And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.

1 Maccabees 6:50
And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.



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