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The news shocked and dismayed him, for affairs in Israel had not gone as he intended, and the result was quite the opposite to what the king had ordered. (1 Maccabees 4, 27)
When he saw their military strength he offered this prayer, 'Blessed are you, Saviour of Israel, who shattered the mighty warrior's attack at the hand of your servant David, and delivered the Philistine camp into the hands of Jonathan son of Saul, and his armourbearer. (1 Maccabees 4, 30)
Overthrow them by the sword of those who love you, and all who acknowledge your name will sing your praises.' (1 Maccabees 4, 33)
The two forces engaged, and five thousand men of Lysias' troops fell in hand-to-hand fighting. (1 Maccabees 4, 34)
Seeing the rout of his army and the courage of Judas' troops and their readiness to live or die nobly, Lysias withdrew to Antioch, where he recruited mercenaries for a further invasion of Judaea in even greater strength. (1 Maccabees 4, 35)
There they found the sanctuary deserted, the altar desecrated, the gates burnt down, and vegetation growing in the courts as it might in a wood or on some mountain, while the storerooms were in ruins. (1 Maccabees 4, 38)
They tore their garments and mourned bitterly, putting dust on their heads. (1 Maccabees 4, 39)
Judas then ordered his men to keep the Citadel garrison engaged until he had purified the sanctuary. (1 Maccabees 4, 41)
Next, he selected priests who were blameless and zealous for the Law (1 Maccabees 4, 42)
and very properly decided to pull it down, rather than later be embarrassed about it since it had been defiled by the gentiles. They therefore demolished it (1 Maccabees 4, 45)
They restored the Holy Place and the interior of the Dwelling, and purified the courts. (1 Maccabees 4, 48)
The altar was dedicated, to the sound of hymns, zithers, lyres and cymbals, at the same time of year and on the same day on which the gentiles had originally profaned it. (1 Maccabees 4, 54)
