1 Maccabees 7:34

1 Maccabees 7:34 Context

³²Where there were slaine of Nicanors side, about fiue thousand men, and [the rest] fled into the citie of Dauid. ³³After this went Nicanor vp to mount Sion, and there came out of the Sanctuarie certaine of the priestes, and certaine of the elders of the people to salute him peaceably, and to shewe him the burnt sacrifice that was offred for the king. ³⁴But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully, and spake proudly, ³⁵And swore in his wrath, saying, vnlesse Iudas and his hoste be now deliuered into my hands, if euer I come againe in safetie, I will burne vp this house: and with that he went out in a great rage. ³⁶Then the priests entred in, and stood before the altar, and the Temple, weeping, and saying,

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