1 Maccabees 4:41

41 Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.

1 Maccabees 4:41 In-Context

39 Then they tore their clothes and mourned with great lamentation; they sprinkled themselves with ashes

40 and fell face down on the ground. And when the signal was given with the trumpets, they cried out to Heaven.

41 Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.

42 He chose blameless priests devoted to the law,

43 and they cleansed the sanctuary and removed the defiled stones to an unclean place.