14 So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the laws of the Gentiles. (WEB) 15 They made themselves uncircumcised, forsook the holy covenant, joined themselves to the Gentiles, and sold themselves to do evil. (WEB) 16 The kingdom was established in the sight of Antiochus, and he planned to reign over Egypt, that he might reign over both kingdoms. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:14–16
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1 Maccabees 1:43–45
43 Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath. (WEB) 44 The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land, (WEB) 45 and should forbid whole burnt off… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 8:17–19
17 So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to establish friendship and alliance with them, (WEB) 18 and that they should free the yoke from themselves; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks kep… (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 8:20–22
20 He led away their sons and daughters, whom they had begotten in defilement. (PSS) 21 They did according to their uncleanness, even as their fathers had done: They defiled Jerusalem and the things that had been hallowed to the name of God. (PSS) 22 But God hath shown Himself righ… (PSS)
4 Maccabees 4:20–22
20 So that he not only erected a gymnasium on the very citadel of our country, but neglected the guardianship of the temple. (WEB) 21 Because of that, Divine vengeance was grieved and instigated Antiochus himself against them. (WEB) 22 For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he hea… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 14:1–3
1 Three years later, news was brought to Judas and his company that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a mighty army and a fleet, (WEB) 2 had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lys… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:5–7
5 Eleazar, who was called Avaran; and Jonathan, who was called Apphus. (WEB) 6 He saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and in Jerusalem, (WEB) 7 and he said, “Woe is me! Why was I born to see the destruction of my people and the destruction of the holy city, and to d… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:14–16
14 Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned exceedingly. (WEB) 15 And the king’s officers who were enforcing the apostasy came into the city Modin to sacrifice. (WEB) 16 Many of Israel came to them, and Mattathias and his sons were gathered together. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 6:1–3
1 Not long after this, the king sent out an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and not to live by the laws of God, (WEB) 2 and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem and to call it by the name of Olympian Zeus, and to call… (WEB) 3 … (WEB)
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