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They decorated the front of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. They dedicated the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.
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Verse 57. Excutcheons, or bucklers of gold, taken from the soldiers of Antiochus. Calmet. 6:39. Such ornaments were placed in temples, to testify the gratitude of the people. They wished to restore as much as possible when had been taken away. Calmet. 1:23. On this occasion the Jews carried branches in memory of what they had suffered in desert places for three years. Hence they style it the feast of tabernacles of Casleu. 2 B. 1:9 and 10:6. Calmet.
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