12. In those days, there went forth from Israel sons of iniquity, and they persuaded many, saying: "Let us go and negotiate a covenant with the Gentiles that are all around us. For since we have withdrawn from them, many evils have found us."
13. And the word seemed good in their eyes.
14. And some of the people determined to do this, and they went to the king. And he gave them the power to act according to the justice of the Gentiles.
15. And they built a sports arena in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the Nations.
16. And they made themselves uncircumcised, and they withdrew from the holy covenant, and they were joined to the nations, and they were sold into evil-doing.
17. And the kingdom was ready in the sight of Antiochus, and he began to reign over the land of Egypt, so that he might reign over two kingdoms.