1 Maccabees 4:43-45
New Catholic Bible
43 these purified the sanctuary and carried off the stones of the Abomination to an unclean place. 44 They discussed what should be done about the altar of burnt offerings that had been desecrated, 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]
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