1 Maccabees 4:45
44. And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;45. They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,46. And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.
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