1 Maccabees 1:37

37 Innocent people were murdered around the altar; the Holy Place was defiled by murderers.

1 Maccabees 1:37 In-Context

35 They also brought in arms and supplies and stored in the fort all the loot that they had taken in Jerusalem. This fort became a great threat to the city.

36 The fort was a threat to the Temple, a constant, evil menace for Israel.

37 Innocent people were murdered around the altar; the Holy Place was defiled by murderers.

38 The people of Jerusalem fled in fear, and the city became a colony of foreigners. Jerusalem was foreign to its own people, who had been forced to abandon the city.

39 Her Temple was as empty as a wilderness; her festivals were turned into days of mourning, her Sabbath joy into shame. Her honor became an object of ridicule.