2 Maccabees 6:1

Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:

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Overview of 2 Maccabees 6:1

Summary

King forces Jews to abandon ancestral practices

Place

Judea

Event

Religious suppression edict issued

Estimated Time Period

c. 167 BC