En su tiempo, las cosas prosperaron en sus manos, de modo que los gentiles fueron expulsados del país, junto con los de la Ciudad de David en Jerusalén que se habían construido una ciudadela desde la cual solían salir y profanar el área alrededor del santuario, causando gran daño al lugar santo.
For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the holy place: