22
He took also the table for the bread of the Presence, the cups for drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the curtain, the crowns, and the gold decoration on the front of the temple; he stripped it all off.
23
He took the silver and the gold, and the costly vessels; he took also the hidden treasures which he found.
24
Taking them all, he departed to his own land. He committed deeds of murder, and spoke with great arrogance.
26
rulers and elders groaned, maidens and young men became faint, the beauty of women faded.
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