1 Maccabees 1:53 Context

⁵¹In the selfe same maner wrote he to his whole kingdome, and appointed ouerseers ouer all the people, commanding the cities of Iuda to sacrifice, citie by citie. ⁵²Then many of the people were gathered vnto them, to wit, euery one that forsooke the Lawe, and so they committed euils in the land: ⁵³And droue the Israelites into secret places, euen wheresoeuer they could flie for succour. ⁵⁴Now the fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu, in the hundreth fourtie and fift yeere, they set vp the abomination of desolation vpon the Altar, and builded idole altars throughout the cities of Iuda, on euery side: ⁵⁵And burnt incense at the doores of their houses, and in the streetes.

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