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.