Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel,
And let them be ashamed of their army and their horsemen. 
Give them faintness of heart,
And let their bold courage melt away,
And let them tremble at their destruction. 
Cast them down by the sword of those who love thee,
So that all may know thy name who praise thee with thanksgiving.

Then they joined battle; and there fell of the army of Lysias about five thousand men, and they fell on the spot before them.

[Sidenote:  I Macc. 4:35] But when Lysias saw that his army was retreating, and the boldness that had come upon those who were with Judas, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he removed to Antioch and gathered together hired soldiers, that he might come again into Judea with a still greater force.

[Sidenote:  I Macc. 4:36-51] Then Judas and his brothers said, Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and to dedicate it again; so they went up to Mount Zion.  And all the army was gathered together and went up to Mount Zion.  And when they saw the sanctuary laid desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burnt, and shrubs growing in the courts, as in a forest or as on one of the mountains, and the priests’ chambers pulled down, they tore their garments and made great lamentation, and putting ashes upon their heads, they fell prone upon the ground.  Then they blew a signal on the trumpets and cried to Heaven.  And Judas appointed certain men to fight against those who were in the citadel, until he should have cleansed the sanctuary.  And he chose priests who were unimpeachable observers of the law, who cleansed the sanctuary and carried out the polluted stones to an unclean place.  And they deliberated as to what they should do with the altar of burnt-offerings which had been profaned.  They finally reached this wise decision:  to pull it down lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it.  So they pulled down the altar and laid the stones on the temple mount in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to give an oracle concerning them.  Then they took whole stones as the law required and built a new altar after the design of the former.  They also rebuilt the sanctuary and the inner parts of the temple and consecrated the courts.  They also made the holy vessels new and brought the candlestick and the altar for burnt-offerings and for incense and the table into the temple.  And they burned incense on the altar and lighted the lamps that were on the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.  Then they set loaves upon the table and spread out the veils.  So they finished all the work they had undertaken.