⁵⁹ On the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar built over the altar for entirely burned offerings. ⁶⁰ In keeping with the decree, they killed women who had circumcised their sons.

⁵⁴ In the second month of the year 153,^[a] Alcimus gave orders to tear down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary—to tear down the work of the prophets. But he only initiated the project.

¹³ Nehemiah also narrated the same things in his writings and journals. He also told how, when Solomon established a library, he gathered the scrolls concerning the kings and prophets and the scrolls of David and letters of kings regarding offerings for solemn promises.

⁹ Reassuring them with words from the Law and the Prophets, and reminding them of the struggles they had overcome, he made them even more eager.

¹⁰ While he was still with you, he used to teach you the Law and the Prophets.