1 Maccabees 1:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then they fortified the city of David with a large strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.

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After all of this, the agent’s forces fortified David’s City with a very strong wall and powerful towers, and it became their fortress.

And he took the spoils of the city, and he burned it with fire, and he destroyed its houses and the walls around it.

And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:

Then Antiochus and his forces built high walls and strong towers in the area north of the Temple, turning it into a fort.

Then they fortified the city of David with a large, strong wall and with strong towers, and it became their citadel.

Antiochus ordered his army to build a fortress in Jerusalem and put up high, thick walls and strong towers.