Good News Translation
Then Antiochus and his forces built high walls and strong towers in the area north of the Temple, turning it into a fort.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.

Contemporary English Version
Antiochus ordered his army to build a fortress in Jerusalem and put up high, thick walls and strong towers.

New American Bible
He plundered the city and set fire to it, demolished its houses and its surrounding walls.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:

And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:

1 Maccabees 1:31
And he spoke to them peaceable words in deceit; and they believed him.

1 Maccabees 1:32
And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it with a great slaughter, and destroyed much people in Israel.

1 Maccabees 1:34
And they took the women captive, and the children, and the cattle they possessed.

1 Maccabees 1:35
And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them: