1:62. And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.
1:63. Now the women that circumcised their children were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus,
1:64. And they hanged the children about their neck in all their houses: and those that had circumcised them, they put to death.
1:65. And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to be defiled with unclean meats:
1:66. And they would not break the holy law of God and they were put to death:
1:67. And there was very great wrath upon the people.
1 Machabees Chapter 2
The zeal and success of Mathathias. His exhortation to his sons at his death.
2:1. In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin:
2:2. And he had five sons: John, who was surnamed Gaddis: