5 They rededicated the Temple on the 25th day of the month of Kislev, the same day of the same month on which the Temple had been desecrated by the Gentiles.
6 The happy celebration lasted eight days, like the Festival of Shelters, and the people remembered how only a short time before, they had spent the Festival of Shelters wandering like wild animals in the mountains and living in caves.
7 But now, carrying green palm branches and sticks decorated with ivy, they paraded round, singing grateful praises to him who had brought about the purification of his own Temple.
8 Everyone agreed that the entire Jewish nation should celebrate this festival each year.
9 The days of Antiochus Epiphanes had come to an end.
10 Now we will tell you about Antiochus Eupator, the son of this godless man, and give a summary of the evil effects of his wars.
11 When he became king he appointed a man by the name of Lysias to be in charge of the affairs of state and to be chief governor of Greater Syria,