12 And similarly, Solomon also celebrated the eight days of the dedication.
13 Moreover, these same things were put into the descriptions and commentaries of Nehemiah, including how, when constructing a library, he gathered together from the regions the books of the Prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings, and from the holy gifts.
14 And, similarly, Judas also gathered together all the things that were destroyed by the war that befell us, and these are with us.
15 Therefore, if you desire these things, send those who may carry them to you.
16 And so, since we will be celebrating the purification, we wrote to you. Therefore, you will do well, if you keep these days.
17 But we hope that God, who has freed his people and has rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and sanctification,
18 just as he promised in the law, will quickly have mercy on us and will gather us together from under heaven into the holy place.