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53 The king’s inspectors[a] drove Israel into hiding in every place of refuge they had available.

54 Now on the fifteenth day of Kislev,[b] in the year 145, they set up a disgusting and destructive thing on the altar for entirely burned offerings in the sanctuary. The inspectors[c] built other altars in the surrounding Judean towns. 55 They burned incense at the doors of houses and in the streets.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 1:53 Or They
  2. 1 Maccabees 1:54 November–December
  3. 1 Maccabees 1:54 Or They

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