1 Maccabees
King James Version (KJV)
1 Maccabees 1:44
“For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,”
King James Version (KJV)
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1 Maccabees 1:44 Context
41Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people, 42And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king. 43Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath. 44For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land, 45And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days: 46And pollute the sanctuary and holy people: 47Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:
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