1 Maccabees 1:34

34 They stationed there a sinful people, men who were renegades. These strengthened their position;

1 Maccabees 1:34 In-Context

32 They took captive the women and children, and seized the livestock.

33 Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.

34 They stationed there a sinful people, men who were renegades. These strengthened their position;

35 they stored up arms and food, and collecting the spoils of Jerusalem they stored them there, and became a great menace,

36 for the citadel became an ambush against the sanctuary, an evil adversary of Israel at all times.