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Once Antiochus had seen his authority established, he determined to make himself king of Egypt and the ruler of both kingdoms. (1 Maccabees 1, 16)
He engaged Ptolemy king of Egypt in battle, and Ptolemy turned back and fled before his advance, leaving many casualties. (1 Maccabees 1, 18)
Two years later the king sent the Mysarch through the cities of Judah. He came to Jerusalem with an impressive force, (1 Maccabees 1, 29)
The king then issued a proclamation to his whole kingdom that all were to become a single people, each nation renouncing its particular customs. (1 Maccabees 1, 41)
All the gentiles conformed to the king's decree, (1 Maccabees 1, 42)
The king also sent edicts by messenger to Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, directing them to adopt customs foreign to the country, (1 Maccabees 1, 44)
Anyone not obeying the king's command was to be put to death. (1 Maccabees 1, 50)
Writing in such terms to every part of his kingdom, the king appointed inspectors for the whole people and directed all the towns of Judah to offer sacrifice city by city. (1 Maccabees 1, 51)
On the fifteenth day of Chislev in the year 145 the king built the appalling abomination on top of the altar of burnt offering; and altars were built in the surrounding towns of Judah (1 Maccabees 1, 54)
Whenever anyone was discovered possessing a copy of the covenant or practising the Law, the king's decree sentenced him to death. (1 Maccabees 1, 57)
The king's commissioners who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein for the sacrifices. (1 Maccabees 2, 15)
The king's commissioners then addressed Mattathias as follows, 'You are a respected leader, a great man in this town; you have sons and brothers to support you. (1 Maccabees 2, 17)
