Good News Translation
The Gentiles would have consulted their idols in such a situation, but the Israelites unrolled the book of the Law to search for God's guidance.

New Revised Standard Version
And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles consulted the likenesses of their gods.

Contemporary English Version
Instead of praying to idols, as the Gentiles do, they read in their Jewish Law to find what God wanted them to do.

New American Bible
They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:

And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:

1 Maccabees 3:46
And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.

1 Maccabees 3:47
And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:

1 Maccabees 3:49
And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:

1 Maccabees 3:50
And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them?