Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Pagan sacrifices were offered in front of houses and in the streets. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land: 1 Maccabees 1:53According to all these words he wrote to his whole kingdom: and he appointed rulers over the people that should force them to do these things. 1 Maccabees 1:54 And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice. 1 Maccabees 1:56 And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives. 1 Maccabees 1:57 On the fifteenth day of the month, Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about: Context 1 Maccabees 1…54And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice. 55Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land: 56And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 1:53 According to all these words he wrote to his whole kingdom: and he appointed rulers over the people that should force them to do these things. 1 Maccabees 1:54 And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice. 1 Maccabees 1:56 And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives. 1 Maccabees 1:57 On the fifteenth day of the month, Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about: |