31 And Nicanor knew that his counsel was discovered; and he went out to meet Judas in battle beside Capharsalama;
32 and there fell of Nicanor’s side about five hundred men, and they fled into the city of David.
33 And after these things Nicanor went up to mount Sion: and there came some of the priests out of the sanctuary, and some of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to show him the whole burned sacrifice that was being offered for the king.
34 And he mocked them, and laughed at them, and entreated them shamefully, and spoke haughtily,
35 and sware in a rage, saying, Unless Judas and his army be now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I come again in peace, I will burn up this house: and he went out in a great rage.
36 And the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple; and they wept, and said,
37 You did choose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people: