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and went up against Israel. thereof, and the walls thereof round about:
22 And he went up to Jerusalem, with a great 34 And they took the women captive, and the
multitude. chil- dren, and the cattle they possessed.
23 And he proudly entered into the sanctuary, 35 And they built the city of David with a
and took away the golden altar, and the candle- great and strong wall, and with strong towers,
stick of light, and all the vessels thereof, and the and made it a fortress for them:
table of proposition, and the pouring vessels, and 36 And they placed there a sinful na-
the vials, and the little mortars of gold, and the tion, wicked men, and they fortified themselves
veil, and the crowns, and the golden ornament therein: and they stored up armour;and victuals,
that was before the temple: and he broke them and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;
all in pieces. 37 And laid them up there: and they became
24 And he took the silver and gold, and the a great snare.
precious vessels: and he took the hidden trea- 38 And this was a place to lie in wait against
sures, which he found: and when he had taken the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel.
all away, he departed into his own country. 39 And they shed innocent blood round about
25 And he made a great slaughter of men, and the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place.
spoke very proudly. 40 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled
26 And there was great mourning in Israel, away by reason of them and the city was made
and in every place where they were: the habitation of strangers, and she became a
27 And the princes, and the ancients stranger to her own seed, and her children for-
mourned, and the virgins and the young men sook her.
were made feeble, and the beauty of the women 41 Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilder-
was changed. ness, her festival days were turned into mourn-
28 Every bridegroom took up lamentation: ing, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours
and the bride that sat in the marriage bed, were brought to nothing.
mourned: 42 Her dishonour was increased according to
29 And the land was moved for the inhab- her glory, and her excellency was turned into
itants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was mourning.
covered with confusion. 43 And king Antiochus wrote to all his king-
30 And after two full years, the king sent the dom, that all the people should be one: and ev-
chief collector of his tributes to the cities of Juda, ery one should leave his own law.
and he came to Jerusalem with a great multi- 44 And all nations consented, according to the
tude. word of king Antiochus.
31 And he spoke to them peaceable words in 46 And the king sent letters by the hands of
deceit; and they believed him. messengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities
32 And he fell upon the city suddenly, and of Juda; that they should follow the law of the
struck it with a great slaughter, and destroyed nations of the earth.
much people in Israel. 47 And should forbid holocausts and sacri-
33 And he took the spoils of the city, and fices, and atonements to be made in the temple
burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses of God.