The King James Version Bible

1 Maccabees 1:30-35

  1. And spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.

  2. And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side.

  3. But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.

  4. Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.

  5. And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.

  6. They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare: