1 Maccabees 9:53-55

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵³ And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.

⁵⁴ Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three, the second month, Alcimus commanded the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary to be thrown down, and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and he began to be destroyed: and he began to destroy.

⁵⁵ At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.