53 and forced the faithful Jews to go into hiding.
54 On the fifteenth day of the month of Chislev in the year 145 of the Syrian Kingdom, Antiochus set up a “Horrible Thing” on the temple altar. His followers built altars in towns all around Judea,
55 and they burned incense in front of their houses and in the streets.
56 Antiochus' soldiers tore up and burned any copies of the Jewish Scriptures that they found.
57 They obeyed Antiochus and murdered everyone they caught obeying God's Law. These troops also killed any Jew who owned a copy of the Scriptures.
58 Month after month and in town after town, his soldiers tortured every faithful Jew they captured.
59 On the twenty-fifth day of each month, the king's followers offered sacrifices on the altar they had put on top of the temple altar.