1 Maccabees 1:30-35
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30 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.
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31 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.
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32 But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.
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33 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.
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34 And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
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35 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: