Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 1:54
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“[Daniel 11:30] "And he shall return and shall be angry at the covenant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed; and he shall return and take thought concerning (Vulgate: against) those who have abandoned the covenant of the sanctuary." We read of these matters at greater length in the exploits of the Maccabees (1 Macca…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
54Now the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and built idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side;
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52Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit, everyone 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 succor.
— 1 Maccabees 1:54 —
55and burned incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
56And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burned them with fire.