1 Maccabees 1:52
King James VersionSource notes
“Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;”
Context
49To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
50And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
51In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and appointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to sacrifice, city by city.
52Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;
53And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever they could flee for succour.
54Now the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side;
55And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.