Good News Translation
The fort was a threat to the Temple, a constant, evil menace for Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
for the citadel became an ambush against the sanctuary, an evil adversary of Israel at all times.

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers in the fortress attacked the temple and never stopped doing horrible things to Israel.

New American Bible
There they installed a sinful race, transgressors of the law, who fortified themselves inside it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour; and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;

And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour; and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;

1 Maccabees 1:34
And they took the women captive, and the children, and the cattle they possessed.

1 Maccabees 1:35
And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them:

1 Maccabees 1:37
And laid them up there: and they became a great snare.

1 Maccabees 1:38
And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel.