Besides, he took the chief men's sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.
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1 Maccabees 9:53
He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.
Parallel Translations
Besides, he took the chief men's sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.
Besides, he took the chief men’s sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.