1 Maccabees 6:3

wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,

Therefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,

So he came and tried to take the city and to pillage it; and he was not able, because his plan was known to them of the city,