1 Maccabees 13:46-48

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴⁶ And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy.

⁴⁷ And Simon being moved, did not destroy them: but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord.

⁴⁸ And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.