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A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house. (Psalms 29, 1)
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. (Psalms 67, 4)
And they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and they offered holocausts with joy, and sacrifices of salvation, and of praise. (1 Maccabees 4, 56)
And Judas, and his brethren, and all the church of Israel decreed, that the day of the dedication of the altar should be kept in its season from year to year for eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, with joy and gladness. (1 Maccabees 4, 59)
Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
And the son of Abobus received them deceitfully into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he had built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there. (1 Maccabees 16, 15)
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. (2 Maccabees 2, 9)
So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days. (2 Maccabees 2, 12)
Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar: (2 Maccabees 2, 20)
But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to satisfy the will of others: for the sake of many, we willingly undergo the labour. (2 Maccabees 2, 28)
But they were led by bitter constraint on the king's birthday to the sacrifices: and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, they wore compelled to go about crowned with ivy in honour of Bacchus. (2 Maccabees 6, 7)
And when they kept the feast of the victory at Jerusalem, they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire to the holy gates, who had taken refuge in a certain house, rendering to him a worthy reward for his impieties: (2 Maccabees 8, 33)
