36. Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been defeated, let's go to Jerusalem to purify the Temple and rededicate it.”
37. So the whole army was assembled and went up to Mount Zion.
38. There they found the Temple abandoned, the altar profaned, the gates torn down, the courtyards overgrown with a forest of weeds, and the priests' rooms burnt down.
39. In their sorrow, they tore their clothes, cried loudly, threw ashes on their heads,
40. and fell face downwards on the ground. When the signal was given on the trumpets, everyone cried out to the Lord.
41. Then Judas ordered some of his soldiers to attack the men in the fort, while he purified the Temple.