1 Maccabees 1:30-32

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁰ And after two full years the king sent the chief collector of his tributes to the cities of Juda, and he came to Jerusalem with a great multitude.

³¹ And he spoke to them peaceable words in deceit: and they believed him.

³² And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it with a great slaughter, and destroyed much people in Israel.