Good News Translation
Meanwhile, the enemies in the fort at Jerusalem had been blockading the people of Israel in the area around the Temple, constantly causing them trouble and giving support to the Gentiles.

New Revised Standard Version
Meanwhile the garrison in the citadel kept hemming Israel in around the sanctuary. They were trying in every way to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, some enemies were still in the Jerusalem fortress, where they were trying to keep control of the temple and help the Gentiles by causing trouble for the Jews.

New American Bible
Those in the citadel were hemming Israel in around the sanctuary, continually trying to harm them and to strengthen the Gentiles.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.

Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.

1 Maccabees 6:16
So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.

1 Maccabees 6:17
And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus, his son, to reign, whom he had brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.

1 Maccabees 6:19
And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.

1 Maccabees 6:20
And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.