43
Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
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Verse 43. Be one. This reason herself teaches. But the king wished to establish a false religion, or rather he desired to root out all religion, and to shew his authority. Bible.—Demere superstitionem & mores Græcorum dare adnixus. Tacit. v.—He was not content with plunder, unless he ruined souls. Worthington.
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