1 Maccabees 1:50-52

New Catholic Bible

⁵⁰ Anyone who refused to obey the command of the king was to be put to death.

⁵¹ These were the terms of the edicts he issued throughout his kingdom. He appointed inspectors to supervise all the people, and he commanded all the towns of Judah to offer sacrifices, town by town. ⁵² Many of the people, abandoning the law, joined them and committed evil deeds in the land,