53. And they offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of holocausts which they had made.
54. According to the time, and according to the day wherein the heathens had defiled it, in the same was it dedicated anew with canticles, and harps, and lutes, and cymbals.
55. And all the people fell upon their faces, and adored, and blessed up to heaven, him that had prospered them.
56. And they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and they offered holocausts with joy, and sacrifices of salvation, and of praise.
57. And they adorned the front of the temple with crowns of gold, and escutcheons, and they renewed the gates, and the chambers, and hanged doors upon them.