1 Maccabees 1:29
King James VersionSource notes
“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,”
Context
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,
28The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
29And 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,
30And 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.
31And 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.
32But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.