1 Maccabees 1:33 Context

³¹And when hee had taken the spoiles of the citie, hee set it on fire, and pulled downe the houses, and walles thereof on euery side. ³²But the women & children tooke they captiue, and possessed the cattell. ³³Then builded they the citie of Dauid with a great and strong wall, [and] with mightie towers, and made it a strong hold for them, ³⁴And they put therein a sinfull nation, wicked men, and fortified [themselues] therein. ³⁵They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoiles of Ierusalem, they layd them vp there, and so they became a sore snare:

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