1 Maccabees 1:52-54

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵² And that whosoever would not do according to the word of king Antiochus should be put to death.

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.

⁵⁴ And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice.