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 4:43And 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: |