44 For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
45 and forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
46 and pollute the sanctuary and holy people:
47 set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:
48 that they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
49 to the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
50 And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.