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He pillaged the city and set it on fire, tore down its houses and encircling wall, (1 Maccabees 1, 31)
They then rebuilt the City of David with a great strong wall and strong towers and made this their Citadel. (1 Maccabees 1, 33)
Writing in such terms to every part of his kingdom, the king appointed inspectors for the whole people and directed all the towns of Judah to offer sacrifice city by city. (1 Maccabees 1, 51)
he said, 'Alas that I should have been born to witness the ruin of my people and the ruin of the Holy City, and to sit by while she is delivered over to her enemies, and the sanctuary into the hand of foreigners. (1 Maccabees 2, 7)
Word was brought to the royal officials and forces stationed in Jerusalem, in the City of David, that those who had repudiated the king's edict had gone down to the hiding places in the desert. (1 Maccabees 2, 31)
There they found the sanctuary deserted, the altar desecrated, the gates burnt down, and vegetation growing in the courts as it might in a wood or on some mountain, while the storerooms were in ruins. (1 Maccabees 4, 38)
They ornamented the front of the Temple with crowns and bosses of gold, renovated the gates and storerooms, providing the latter with doors. (1 Maccabees 4, 57)
When Judas saw that the attack had begun and that the war cry was rising to heaven from the city, mingled with trumpet calls and a great clamour, (1 Maccabees 5, 31)
But the people of the town denied them passage and barricaded the gates with stones. (1 Maccabees 5, 47)
King Antiochus, meanwhile, was making his way through the Upper Provinces; he had heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, renowned for its riches, its silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 6, 1)
He therefore went and attempted to take the city and pillage it, but without success, the citizens having been forewarned. (1 Maccabees 6, 3)
He then hurriedly withdrew, making off for Antioch, where he found Philip already master of the city. Antiochus gave battle and captured the city by force of arms. (1 Maccabees 6, 63)
