1 Maccabees 4:45
Good News Translation
by the Gentiles, and decided to tear it down, so that it would not stand there as a monument to their shame. So they tore down the altar

New Revised Standard Version
And they thought it best to tear it down, so that it would not be a lasting shame to them that the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar,

New American Bible
They decided it best to tear it down, lest it be a lasting shame to them that the Gentiles had defiled it; so they tore down the altar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.

1 Maccabees 4:43
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.

1 Maccabees 4:44
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

1 Maccabees 4:46
And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.

1 Maccabees 4:47
Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former:

Context
1 Maccabees 4
44And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it. 45And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down. 46And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 4:43
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.

1 Maccabees 4:44
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

1 Maccabees 4:46
And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.

1 Maccabees 4:47
Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former:



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1 Maccabees 4:44
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