Good News Translation
The report soon reached the king's officials and the soldiers in the fort at Jerusalem that some men who had defied the king's command had gone into hiding in the wilderness.

New Revised Standard Version
And it was reported to the king’s officers, and to the troops in Jerusalem the city of David, that those who had rejected the king’s command had gone down to the hiding places in the wilderness.

Contemporary English Version
But the king's officers and soldiers in the fortress at Jerusalem found out what these Jews had done.

New American Bible
It was reported to the officers and soldiers of the king who were in the City of David, in Jerusalem, that those who had flouted the king’s order had gone out to secret refuges in the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told to the king's men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king's commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.

And it was told to the king's men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king's commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.

1 Maccabees 2:29
Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert

1 Maccabees 2:30
And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.

1 Maccabees 2:32
And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.

1 Maccabees 2:33
And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.