33
Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.
34
And they stationed there a sinful people, lawless men. 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 snare.
36
It became an ambush against the sanctuary, an evil adversary of Israel continually.
37
On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood; they even defiled the sanctuary.
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