1 Maccabees 1:43 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And many of Israel consented to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the sabbath.

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Many Jews also willingly adopted the king’s religion. They sacrificed to idols and violated the Sabbath.

And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people must be one, and that each one should relinquish his own law.

And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people should be one: and every one should leave his own law.

Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.

The Gentiles obeyed the king, and many Jews gladly accepted his religion. They offered sacrifices to idols and broke the laws of the Sabbath.