1 Maccabees 1:44-46

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

⁴⁶ And the king sent letters by the hands of messengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Juda: that they should follow the law of the nations of the earth,