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The men of the city, joined by their wives and children, went up on the wall, with their garments rent, and cried out in loud voices, begging Simon to grant them peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
So Simon came to terms with them and did not destroy them. He made them leave the city, however, and he purified the houses in which there were idols. Then he entered the city with hymns and songs of praise. (1 Maccabees 13, 47)
He fortified the cities of Judea, especially the frontier city of Beth-zur, where he stationed a garrison of Jewish soldiers, and where previously the enemy's arms had been stored. (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
"'In his time and under his guidance they succeeded in driving the Gentiles out of their country, especially those in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had built for themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth to defile the environs of the temple and inflict grave injury on its purity. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
In this citadel he stationed Jewish soldiers, and he strengthened its fortifications for the defense of the land and the city, while he also raised the wall of Jerusalem to a greater height. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
While he invested the city, his ships closed in along the coast, so that he blockaded it by land and sea and let no one go in or out. (1 Maccabees 15, 14)
it was he who drove out those who fought against the holy city. (2 Maccabees 1, 12)
regained possession of the world-famous temple, liberated the city, and reestablished the laws that were in danger of being abolished, while the Lord favored them with all his generous assistance. (2 Maccabees 2, 22)
While the holy city lived in perfect peace and the laws were strictly observed because of the piety of the high priest Onias and his hatred of evil, (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
But a certain Simon, of the priestly course of Bilgah, who had been appointed superintendent of the temple, had a quarrel with the high priest about the supervision of the city market. (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
When he arrived in Jerusalem and had been graciously received by the high priest of the city, he told him about the information that had been given, and explained the reason for his presence, and he asked if these things were really true. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
So on the day he had set he went in to take an inventory of the funds. There was great distress throughout the city. (2 Maccabees 3, 14)
