44. And they took counsel concerning the altar of burnt offerings, which had been profaned, what they should do with it:
45. and there came into their mind a good counsel, that they should pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it: and they pulled down the altar,
46. and laid up the stones in the mountain of the house in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to give an answer concerning them.
47. And they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar after the fashion of the former;
48. and they built the holy place, and the inner parts of the house; and they hallowed the courts.
49. And they made the holy vessels new, and they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings and of incense, and the table, into the temple.
50. And they burned incense upon the altar, and they lighted the lamps that were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.
51. And they set loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they made.
52. And they rose up early in the morning, on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is the month Chislev, in the hundred and forty and eighth year,
53. and offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of burned offerings which they had made.
54. At what time and on what day the Gentiles had profaned it, even on that day was it dedicated afresh, with songs and harps and lutes, and with cymbals.
55. And all the people fell upon their faces, and worshipped, and gave praise to heaven, which had given them good success.