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52 Many of the Jews were ready to forsake the Law and to obey these officials. They defiled the land with their evil, 53 and their conduct forced all true Israelites to hide wherever they could.

54 (A)On the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev in the year 145,[a] King Antiochus set up
    The Awful Horror on the altar of the Temple, and pagan altars were built in the towns throughout Judea.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 1:54 the year 145: This corresponds to 167 B.C.

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