50 The king took Bethsura, and appointed a garrison there to keep it. (WEB) 51 He encamped against the sanctuary many days; and set there mounds to shoot from, and engines of war, and machines for throwing fire and stones, and weapons to throw darts, and slings. (WEB) 52 The Jews also made engines of war against their engines, and fought for many days. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 6:50–52
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1 Maccabees 9:63–65
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1 Maccabees 11:64–66
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1 Maccabees 6:19–21
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1 Maccabees 6:30–32
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1 Maccabees 13:42–44
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1 Maccabees 9:51–53
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1 Maccabees 14:32–34
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1 Maccabees 11:19–21
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