42 and that each should forsake his own laws. All the nations agreed according to the word of the king. (WEB) 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)
1 Maccabees 1:42–44
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