1 Maccabees 5:45-47

Common English Bible

Return to Jerusalem

⁴⁵ Then Judas gathered all the Israelites in Gilead to go to the land of Judah. It was a very large group, both small and great, with all their wives, children, and goods. ⁴⁶ They came to Ephron, a large and secure town along the way. They couldn’t go around it on either side. They had to go through it. ⁴⁷ But the townspeople shut them out and blocked up the gates with rocks.