1 Maccabees 6:52-54

New Catholic Bible

⁵² The Jews for their part set up machines of their own to counter theirs, and they continued the battle for many days. ⁵³ However, there was no food in the storerooms because it was the sabbatical year, and those who had fled from the Gentiles and taken refuge in Judea had consumed the last of the reserves. ⁵⁴ Only a few men remained in the sanctuary; the rest scattered to their own homes, for the famine proved too severe for them.