“It is rightly said that Judas appointed men to fight against those who were in the citadel until the holy things were cleansed, because this is what our Redeemer ordains through his preachers: that his soldiers should fight diligently against those who dwell in the citadel of pride, that is, men puffed up with the spi…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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43Who cleansed the sanctuary, and bare out the defiled stones into an unclean place.
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41Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in the fortress, until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
42So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
— 1 Maccabees 4:43 —
44And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
45They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,