1 Maccabees 11:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the fortress were killed by the inhabitants of the towns. ¹⁹ So Demetrius became king in the year 167.^[a]

Jonathan’s diplomacy

²⁰ In those days, Jonathan assembled the Judeans to attack the elevated fortress in Jerusalem. They built many engines of war to use against it.