And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.

1 Maccabees 13:49
But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine.

1 Maccabees 13:50
And they cried to Simon for peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.

1 Maccabees 13:52
And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with gladness.

1 Maccabees 13:53
And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.