54 And on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the hundred and forty and fifth year, they builded an abomination of desolation upon the altar, and in the cities of Judah on every side they builded idol altars.
55 And at the doors of the houses and in the streets they burned incense.
56 And they tore in pieces the books of the law which they found, and set them on fire.
57 And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death.
58 Thus did they in their might to Israel, to those that were found month by month in the cities.
59 And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the idol altar of God.
60 And the women that had circumcised their children they put to death according to the commandment.