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And he turned over to Lysias half of his troops with the elephants and gave him instructions about his policies. On matters dealing with the inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, (1 Maccabees 3, 34)
Lysias was to send an army to destroy and crush the defenders of Israel and all who remained in Jerusalem and to wipe out even the memory of them. (1 Maccabees 3, 35)
Like a desert, Jerusalem was left without inhabitants. None of her children went in or out. The temple was profaned, and foreigners lived in the city which had become a dwelling place for the pagans. There was no more rejoicing for Jacob, no flute or zither was heard. (1 Maccabees 3, 45)
So they gathered and went to Mizpah opposite Jerusalem because Mizpah had been a place of prayer for Israel. (1 Maccabees 3, 46)
Then Judas chose men to fight against the defenders of the Citadel until he had purified the temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 41)
and had them purify the temple and bring the stones of the abominable altar of the pagans to an unclean place. (1 Maccabees 4, 43)
They deposited the stones of the said altar in a convenient place on the temple hill until a prophet should appear to settle the matter. (1 Maccabees 4, 46)
They burned incense on the altar, and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and these began to shine in the temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 50)
The front of the temple was adorned with crowns of gold and shields; the gates and the rooms had been restored and fitted with doors. (1 Maccabees 4, 57)
There was no end to the celebration among the people, and so the profanation of the temple by the pagans was forgotten. (1 Maccabees 4, 58)
When the pagans who lived around them learned that the altar had been rebuilt and the temple restored as before, they became very angry. (1 Maccabees 5, 1)
They kept in the wealthy temple of their city golden armor, breastplates and weapons left there by the Macedonian king, Alexander the son of Philip, the first sovereign of the Greeks. (1 Maccabees 6, 2)
