1 Maccabees 1:57LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 57 of 67

"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:"
1 Maccabees 1:57

In context

55Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land:

56And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.

57On 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:

58And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses, and in the streets.

59And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:

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