“[Daniel 11:30] "And he shall return and shall be angry at the covenant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed; and he shall return and take thought concerning (Vulgate: against) those who have abandoned the covenant of the sanctuary." We read of these matters at greater length in the exploits of the Maccabees (1 Macca…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Daniel
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25Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
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23He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.
24And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.
— 1 Maccabees 1:25 —
26So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
27Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,