2 Maccabees 6:4

4 The Gentiles filled the temple with wild partying and sexual indulgence. They were entertaining themselves with prostitutes and having sex with women in the priestly chambers. In addition, they carried in unfit things,

2 Maccabees 6:4 In-Context

2 He was also ordered to defile the temple in Jerusalem and to rename it for Zeus Olympus, and to rename the temple in Mount Gerizim for Zeus, Friend of Strangers, just as the people living there requested.

3 The onslaught of this evil was severe and hard for all to bear.

4 The Gentiles filled the temple with wild partying and sexual indulgence. They were entertaining themselves with prostitutes and having sex with women in the priestly chambers. In addition, they carried in unfit things,

5 and the altar was illegally covered with offerings forbidden by the laws.

6 It was impossible to keep the Sabbath or the ancestral festivals, or even simply to profess to be a Jew.