This was the year that Lycias besieged Beth-zur (1 Maccabees 6:49, 53; Josephus Antiquities 12.378). During the sabbatical year 136/135 B.C.E., Simon the Hasmonean was murdered, and a siege was placed against the fortress of Dagon (1 Maccabees 16:14–16; Josephus Antiquities 13.230–247).
