1 Maccabees 1:30-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A) 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 large strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.(B) 34 They stationed there a sinful nation, men who were renegades. These strengthened their position;(C) 35 they stored up arms and food, and, collecting the spoils of Jerusalem, they stored them there and became a great menace,
36 for the citadel[a] became an ambush against the sanctuary,
an evil adversary of Israel at all times.(D)
37 On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood;
they even defiled the sanctuary.(E)
Footnotes
- 1.36 Gk it
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