43
All the Gentiles accepted the command of the king. Many even from Israel gladly adopted his religion; they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.
44
And the king sent letters by messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah; he directed them to follow customs strange to the land,
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