1 Maccabees 9:53 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in ward in the citadel at Jerusalem.

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He took hostage the sons of the leading citizens and put them under guard in the elevated fortress at Jerusalem.

And he took the sons of the leaders of the region for hostages, and put them in the stronghold in Jerusalem under guard.

And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.

Then he took the sons of the leading men of the country as hostages and imprisoned them in the fort.

He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.

Then he took the sons of the Jewish leaders as hostages and locked them up in the Jerusalem fortress.