1 Maccabees 1:33-35

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³³ Then they fortified the city of David with a large strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.^{(A) 34} They stationed there a sinful nation, men who were renegades. These strengthened their position;^{(B) 35} they stored up arms and food, and, collecting the spoils of Jerusalem, they stored them there and became a great menace,