Good News Translation
The shortage of food had been so severe that many people had scattered to their homes, and only a few men were left in the Temple.

New Revised Standard Version
Only a few men were left in the sanctuary; the rest scattered to their own homes, for the famine proved too much for them.

Contemporary English Version
Most of the people went home, because they were starving. Only a small group was left in the temple.

New American Bible
Few men remained in the sanctuary because the famine was too much for them; the rest scattered, each to his own home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.

And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.

1 Maccabees 6:52
And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.

1 Maccabees 6:53
But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.

1 Maccabees 6:55
Now Lysias heard that Philip; whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son, Antiochus, and to reign,

1 Maccabees 6:56
Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with him and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom: