1 Maccabees 1:52 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Many of the people, everyone who forsook the law, joined them, and they did evil in the land;

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Many Jewish people, those who abandoned the Law, followed suit and did evil in the land.

and that whoever would not act according to the word of king Antiochus should be put to death.

And that whosoever would not do according to the word of king Antiochus should be put to death.

Many of the Jews were ready to forsake the Law and to obey these officials. They defiled the land with their evil,

From the people were gathered together to them many, everyone who had forsaken the law; and they did evil things in the land.

Many of the people obeyed the king and gave up God's Law. They did evil things everywhere