45. And a good counsel fell upon them, to destroy it, lest it might become a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they demolished it.
46. And they stored the stones in the mountain house, in a fitting place, until there should come a prophet, who would provide an answer about these.
47. Then they took whole stones, according to the law, and they built a new altar, according to that which was before.
48. And they rebuilt the holy places and the things that were in the inner parts of the temple, and they sanctified the temple and the courts.
49. And they made new holy vessels, and they brought the lampstand, and the altar of incense, and the table into the temple.
50. And they placed incense on the altar, and they lit the lamps, which were on the lampstand, and they gave light in the temple.
51. And they placed the bread on the table, and they hung up the veils, and they completed all the works which they had begun.
52. And they arose before the morning, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, (which is the month of Kislev) in the one hundred and forty-eighth year.
53. And they offered sacrifice, according to the law, on the new altar of holocausts that they made.
54. According to the time and according to the day, on which the Gentiles had contaminated it, on the same day, it was renewed with canticles, and lutes, and lyres, and cymbals.
55. And all the people fell upon their faces, and they adored, and they blessed, toward heaven, him that had prospered them.
56. And they kept the dedication of the altar for eight days, and they offered holocausts with joy, and sacrifices of salvation and praise.
57. And they adorned the face of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. And they dedicated the gates and the adjoining chambers, and they set up doors on them.
58. And there was very great rejoicing among the people, and the disgrace of the Gentiles was averted.