he
marriage chamber was in heaviness,

1 Mac 1:28
The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all
the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.

1 Mac 1:29
And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief
collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto
Jerusalem with a great multitude,

1 Mac 1:30
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.

1 Mac 1:31
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.

1 Mac 1:32
But the women and children took they captive, and possessed
the cattle.

1 Mac 1:33
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.

1 Mac 1:34
And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and
fortified themselves therein.

1 Mac 1:35
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:

1 Mac 1:36
For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and
an evil adversary to Israel.

1 Mac 1:37
Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary,
and defiled it:

1 Mac 1:38
Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of
them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers,
and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own
children left her.

1 Mac 1:39
Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts
were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour
into contempt.

1 Mac 1:40
As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and
her excellency was turned into mourning.

1 Mac 1:41
Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all
should be one people,

1 Mac 1:42
And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen
agreed according to the commandment of the king.

1 Mac 1:43
Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion,
and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.

1 Mac 1:44
For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem
and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws
of the land,

1 Mac 1:45
And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink
offerings, in the temple; and that they sho