1 Maccabees 1:43-45

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴³ And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people should be one: and every one should leave his own law.

⁴⁴ And all nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus.

⁴⁵ And many of Israel consented to his service, and they sacrificed to idols, and profaned the sabbath.