World English Bible

1 Maccabees 1:21-28 World English Bible (WEB)

21. and entered presumptuously into the sanctuary, and took the golden altar, and the candlestick of the light, and all that pertained thereto,

22. and the table of the show bread, and the cups to pour withal, and the bowls, and the golden censers, and the veil, and the crowns, and the adorning of gold which was on the face of the temple, and he scaled it all off.

23. And he took the silver and the gold and the precious vessels; and he took the hidden treasures which he found.

24. And when he had taken all, he went away into his own land, and he made a great slaughter, and spoke very presumptuously.

25. And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were;

26. and the rulers and elders groaned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed.

27. Every bridegroom took up lamentation, she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.

28. And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.