42 The people began to write in their instruments and contracts, “In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.” (WEB) 43 In those days Simon encamped against Gazara, and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and captured it. (WEB) 44 Those who were in the engine leaped out into the city; and there was a great uproar in the city. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 13:42–44
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