1macc 1:34
King James Version
“And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.”
Context
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.
33Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
34And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
35They 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:
36For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.
37Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it: