55. All the people prostrated themselves and adored and praised Heaven, who had given them success.
56. For eight days they celebrated the dedication of the altar and joyfully offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of deliverance and praise.
57. 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.
58. There was great joy among the people now that the disgrace brought by the Gentiles was removed.