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Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness; not one of her children went in or out. The sanctuary was trampled down, and the sons of aliens held the citadel; it was a lodging place for the Gentiles. Joy was taken from Jacob; the flute and the harp ceased to play. (1 Maccabees 3, 45)
So they assembled and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah. (1 Maccabees 3, 46)
and stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple hill until there should come a prophet to tell what to do with them. (1 Maccabees 4, 46)
They also rebuilt the sanctuary and the interior of the temple, and consecrated the courts. (1 Maccabees 4, 48)
They made new holy vessels, and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 49)
Then they burned incense on the altar and lighted the lamps on the lampstand, and these gave light in the temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 50)
They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests, and furnished them with doors. (1 Maccabees 4, 57)
Its temple was very rich, containing golden shields, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander, the son of Philip, the Macedonian king who first reigned over the Greeks. (1 Maccabees 6, 2)
that they had torn down the abomination which he had erected upon the altar in Jerusalem; and that they had surrounded the sanctuary with high walls as before, and also Beth-zur, his city. (1 Maccabees 6, 7)
But now I remember the evils I did in Jerusalem. I seized all her vessels of silver and gold; and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judah without good reason. (1 Maccabees 6, 12)
And behold, today they have encamped against the citadel in Jerusalem to take it; they have fortified both the sanctuary and Beth-zur; (1 Maccabees 6, 26)
The soldiers of the king's army went up to Jerusalem against them, and the king encamped in Judea and at Mount Zion. (1 Maccabees 6, 48)
