42. and that each should forsake his own laws. And all the nations agreed according to the word of the king;
43. and many of Israel consented to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
44. And the king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,
45. and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and should profane the Sabbaths and feasts,