1 Maccabees 14:6-8

Revised Standard Version

⁶ He extended the borders of his nation,
    and gained full control of the country.
⁷ He gathered a host of captives;
    he ruled over Gazar′a and Beth-zur and the citadel,
and he removed its uncleanness from it;
    and there was none to oppose him.
⁸ They tilled their land in peace;
    the ground gave its increase,
    and the trees of the plains their fruit.