1 Maccabees 4:45-47
New Catholic Bible
45 and they made the proper decision to demolish it so that it would not be a source of lasting shame to them inasmuch as the Gentiles had defiled it.[a]
Therefore, they tore down the altar 46 and stored the stones in a suitable place on the temple hill until a prophet should appear on the scene to determine what should be done with them. 47 They took unhewn stones, according to the law, and built a new altar fashioned after the former one. Read full chapter
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