2 Kings 25:9
7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon. 8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.
1 Maccabees 1:31
29 Two years later the king sent to the cities of Judah a chief collector of tribute, and he came to Jerusalem with a large force. 30 Deceitfully he spoke peaceable words to them, and they believed him; but he suddenly fell upon the city, dealt it a severe blow, and destroyed many people of Israel. 31 He plundered the city, burned it with fire, and tore down its houses and its surrounding walls. 32 They took captive the women and children, and seized the livestock. 33 Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.
Notes and References
"... The Hasmonean dynasty figures prominently in the works of Josephus. This should not be surprising since he proudly claimed descent from them: his “royal ancestry.” Although he tells us a great deal about his ancestors, his War and Antiquities, which contain the most extensive accounts of the Hasmonean family, lack many details. This is particularly true regarding the beginning and the nature of their revolt against the Seleucid Empire. The events in Jerusalem from 169 to 167 B.C.E. that led Antiochus IV Epiphanes to issue a decree that purportedly outlawed the practice of Judaism, and which led some members of the Hasmonean family to rebel against Seleucid rule, are controversial. Five major sources document the revolt led by the Hasmonean patriarch Mattathias against this edict. (1 Maccabees 1; 2 Maccabees 3:7) How much of these stories are legend remains uncertain. According to the traditional accounts preserved in the extant sources, the Hasmonean revolt began when Mattathias defied the decree of the Seleucid monarch Antiochus IV Epiphanes that banned the observance of Jewish Law. (1 Maccabees 1:16-64; 2 Maccabees 5-7) His family’s war against the Seleucid rulers lasted for nearly twenty-five years. During the reign of his son Simon, in the Seleucid year 170 (= 143/2 B.C.E.), the Hasmoneans gained independence for Judea. His legitimacy to rule this new state largely rested in his having fought in the original revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his father, Mattathias. All Hasmoneans in some manner sought to invoke the memory of Mattathias to show they were committed to their ancestral faith and the creation of an independent Jewish state ..."
Atkinson, Kenneth A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond (pp. 24-25) Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016