They destroyed the altars and the houses of idolatry that the nations had built in the city squares.
After they purified the Temple, made a new altar, and removed the fire from the stones they gathered, they offered their sacrifice to the Lord at the end of two years.
They offered incense and arranged the lamps; they placed the show-bread on the table of the Lord.
And at the end of all these, they fell on their faces and they pleaded to the Lord God, saying:
Please, God, protect us forever from this trouble that's come to us.