1 Maccabees 1:16

¹⁴Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:

¹⁵And made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.

— 1 Maccabees 1:16 —

¹⁷Wherefore he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy,

¹⁸And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.