1 Maccabees 1:41-43
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Religious Persecution. 41 (A)Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people, 42 and abandon their particular customs. All the Gentiles conformed to the command of the king, 43 and many Israelites delighted in his religion; they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.
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