“[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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27Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,
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25Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
26So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
— 1 Maccabees 1:27 —
28The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
29And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,