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1 Maccabees 4:59 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy. "

1 Maccabees 4:59

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57 They decorated the front of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. They dedicated the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.

58 There was exceedingly great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.

59 Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy.

60 At that time, they fortified mount Zion with high walls and strong towers around it, lest perhaps the Gentiles might come and trample them down, as they had done before.

61 Judas stationed a garrison to guard it. They fortified Bethsura to keep it, that the people might have a stronghold near Idumaea.

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1 Maccabees 1:54

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"On the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the one hundred forty fifth year, they built an abomination of desolation upon the altar, and in the cities of Judah on every side they built idol altars."

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2 Maccabees 1:18

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"Since we are now about to celebrate the purification of the temple in the month Chislev, on the twenty-fifth day, we thought it necessary to notify you, so that you may also keep a feast of tabernacles, and remember the fire which was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after he had built both the temple and the altar."

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1 Maccabees 5:1

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"It came to pass, when the Gentiles all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as before, they were exceedingly angry."

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2 Maccabees 2:19

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"Now the things concerning Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, the purification of the greatest temple, the dedication of the altar,"

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2 Chronicles 7:9

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"On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days."

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Esther 10:13

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"They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his people Israel."

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1 Maccabees 4:1

"Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,"

1 Maccabees 4:2

"that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides."

1 Maccabees 4:3

"Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus"

1 Maccabees 4:4

"while the forces were still dispersed from the camp."

1 Maccabees 4:5

"Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”"

1 Maccabees 4:6

"As soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. However they didn’t have the armor and swords they desired."

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