Parallel 1MA 9:53

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BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἡγουμένων τῆς χώρας ὅμηρα, καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν φυλακῇ.
(Kai elabe tous huious tōn haʸgoumenōn taʸs ⱪōras homaʸra, kai etheto autous en taʸ akra en Hierousalaʸm en fulakaʸ. )

BrTr Besides, he took the chief men's sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.

WEBBE He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.

KJB-1611 Besides, he tooke the chiefe mens sonnes in the country for hostages, and put them into the towre at Ierusalem to be kept.
(Besides, he took the chief mens sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Yerusalem to be kept.)