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They deliberated what ought to be done with the altar of holocausts that had been desecrated. (1 Maccabees 4, 44)
The happy thought came to them to tear it down, lest it be a lasting shame to them that the Gentiles had defiled it; so they tore down the altar. (1 Maccabees 4, 45)
Then they took uncut stones, according to the law, and built a new altar like the former one. (1 Maccabees 4, 47)
They made new sacred 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 illuminated the temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 50)
they arose and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of holocausts that they had made. (1 Maccabees 4, 53)
For eight days they celebrated the dedication of the altar and joyfully offered holocausts and sacrifices of deliverance and praise. (1 Maccabees 4, 56)
They ornamented the facade of the temple with gold crowns and shields; they repaired the gates and the priests' chambers and furnished them with doors. (1 Maccabees 4, 57)
Then Judas and his brothers and the entire congregation of Israel decreed that the days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness on the anniversary every year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev. (1 Maccabees 4, 59)
When the Gentiles round about heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary consecrated as before, they were very angry. (1 Maccabees 5, 1)
As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, famous for its wealth in silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 6, 1)
and that its temple was very rich, containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander, son of Philip, king of Macedon, the first king of the Greeks. (1 Maccabees 6, 2)
