1 Maccabees 1:41–45

And the king wrote unto his whole kingdom, that all should be one people, and that every one should give up his ^[religious^[ usages. And all the nations acquiesced in accordance with the command of the king. And many in Israel took delight in his ⁽form of⁽ worship, and they began sacrificing to idols, and profaned the sabbath. Furthermore, the king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah ⁽to the effect that⁽ they should practise customs foreign to ⁽the traditions of⁽ the land, and that they should cease the ⁽sacrificing of⁽ whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and drink offerings in the sanctuary, and that they should profane the sabbaths and feasts,