1 Maccabees 1:51-53

Common English Bible

⁵¹ In this way, Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom. He appointed inspectors over all the people, and commanded the Jewish communities to offer pagan sacrifices, town by town. ⁵² Many Jewish people, those who abandoned the Law, followed suit and did evil in the land. ⁵³ The king’s inspectors^[a] drove Israel into hiding in every place of refuge they had available.