1 Maccabees 1:24
King James VersionSource notes
“And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.”
Context
21And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
22And the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials. and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
23He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.
24And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.
25Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
26So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
27Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,