56. And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.
57. On the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about:
58. And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses, and in the streets.
59. And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:
60. And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king.
61. Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.
62. And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.
63. Now the women that circumcised their children, were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus.
64. And they hanged the children about their necks in all their houses: and those that had circumcised them, they put to death.