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1 Maccabees 1:15
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15And made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.
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13Then certain of the people were so forward herein, that they went to the king, who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen:
14Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
— 1 Maccabees 1:15 —
16Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
17Wherefore he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy,