1 Maccabees 4:36
Good News Translation
Judas and his brothers said, "Now that our enemies have been defeated, let's go to Jerusalem to purify the Temple and rededicate it."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Judas and his brothers said, “See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.”

Contemporary English Version
Judas and his brothers said, "Now that we've defeated our enemies, let's make the temple an acceptable place for worship and dedicate it to the Lord once again."

New American Bible
Then Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair them.

1 Maccabees 4:34
And they joined battle: and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men.

1 Maccabees 4:35
And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers.

1 Maccabees 4:37
And all the army assembled together, and they went up into Mount Sion.

1 Maccabees 4:38
And they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burnt, and shrubs growing up in the courts as in a forest, or on the mountains, and the chambers joining to the temple thrown down.

Context
1 Maccabees 4
35And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers. 36Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair them. 37And all the army assembled together, and they went up into Mount Sion.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 4:34
And they joined battle: and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men.

1 Maccabees 4:35
And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers.

1 Maccabees 4:37
And all the army assembled together, and they went up into Mount Sion.

1 Maccabees 4:38
And they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burnt, and shrubs growing up in the courts as in a forest, or on the mountains, and the chambers joining to the temple thrown down.



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