55. They also burned incense at the doors of houses and in the streets.
56. Any scrolls of the law that they found they tore up and burned.
57. Whoever was found with a scroll of the covenant, and whoever observed the law, was condemned to death by royal decree.
58. So they used their power against Israel, against those who were caught, each month, in the cities.
59. On the twenty-fifth day of each month they sacrificed on the pagan altar that was over the altar of burnt offerings.
60. In keeping with the decree, they put to death women who had their children circumcised,