44
And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.
45
And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:
46
And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.
47
And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:
48
And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.