Antiochus IV, one of the heirs to Alexander’s divided empire, placed a pagan altar on the grounds of the temple in Jerusalem and made practicing the Jewish religion a crime punishable by death.
और उसने कहा कि जो कोई यहूदी धर्म को मानेगा, उसे सज़ा - ए - मौत दी जाएगी ।