2 and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem and to call it by the name of Olympian Zeus, and to call the sanctuary in Gerizim by the name of Zeus the Protector of foreigners, even as the people who lived in that place did. (WEB) 3 The visitation of this evil was harsh and utterly grievous. (WEB) 4 For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the heathen, who dallied with prostitutes, and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and moreover brought inside things that were not appropriate. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 6:2–4
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1 Esdras 1:48–50
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1 Maccabees 1:36–38
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2 Maccabees 5:15–17
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2 Maccabees 8:16–18
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1 Maccabees 3:50–52
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2 Chronicles 36:13–15
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1 Maccabees 4:37–39
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