15 And the king’s officers who were enforcing the apostasy came into the city Modin to sacrifice. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:15
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1 Maccabees 2:22–24
22 We will not listen to the king’s words, to turn aside from our worship, to the right hand, or to the left.” (WEB) 23 When he had finished speaking these words, a Jew came in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king’s commandm… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:44–46
44 They mustered an army, and struck sinners in their anger, and lawless men in their wrath. The rest fled to the Gentiles for safety. (WEB) 45 And Mattathias and his friends went around and pulled down the altars. (WEB) 46 They forcibly circumcised the boys who were uncircumcised,… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:43–45
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2 Maccabees 6:1–2
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)
4 Maccabees 5:1–3
1 The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors upon a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a circle around him, (WEB) 2 commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews, and to compel them to taste swine’s fle… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:12–14
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1 Maccabees 1:50–52
50 Whoever doesn’t do according to the word of the king, he shall die. (WEB) 51 He wrote according to all these words to his whole kingdom. He appointed overseers over all the people, and he commanded the cities of Judah to sacrifice, city by city. (WEB) 52 From the people were gat… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:18–20
18 Now therefore come first and do the commandment of the king, as all the nations have done, including the men of Judah and those who remain in Jerusalem. You and your house will be numbered among the king’s friends, and you and your sons will be honored with s… (WEB)
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