56. And they drove the people of Israel into hiding and into the secret places of fugitives.
57. On the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev, in the one hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation on the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the surrounding cities of Judah.
58. And they burned frankincense, and they sacrificed before the doors of houses and in the streets.
59. And they cut up the books of the law of God and destroyed them with fire.
60. And all those who were found with the books of the testament of the Lord, and whoever observed the law of the Lord, they butchered, according to the edict of the king.
61. By their power, they did these things to the people of Israel, as they were discovered in the cities, month after month.
62. And on the twenty-fifth day of the month, they sacrificed on that altar which was opposite the high altar.
63. And the women who circumcised their sons were butchered, according to the order of king Antiochus.
64. And they suspended the children by their necks in all their houses, and those who had circumcised them, they butchered.
65. And many of the people of Israel decided within themselves that they would not eat unclean things. And they chose to die, rather than to be defiled with unclean foods.
66. And they were not willing to infringe upon the holy law of God, and they were butchered.
67. And there was a very great wrath upon the people.