1. But Maccabeus and those who were with him, the Lord protecting them, even recovered the temple and the city.
2. Then he demolished the altars, which the foreigners had constructed in the streets, and likewise the shrines.
3. And, having purged the temple, they made another altar. And, taking glowing stones from the fire, they began to offer sacrifices again after two years, and they set out incense, and lamps, and the bread of the Presence.