1 Maccabees 4:58-60

Common English Bible

⁵⁸ The people were extremely glad, and the disgrace the Gentiles brought was lifted.

⁵⁹ Then Judas, with his brothers and all the assembly of Israel, laid down a law that every year at that season the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and happiness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of Kislev.^[a]

⁶⁰ At that same time the Israelites built high walls and strong towers all around Mount Zion so that the Gentiles did not come and trample them as they had done previously.