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But the temple itself was built by the priests in a year and six
months; upon which all the people were full of joy; and presently they
returned thanks, in the first place, to God; and in the next place, for
the alacrity the king had showed. They feasted and celebrated this rebuilding
of the temple: and for the king, he sacrificed three hundred oxen to God,
as did the rest every one according to his ability; the number of which
sacrifices is not possible to set down, for it cannot be that we should
truly relate it; for at the same time with this celebration for the work
about the temple fell also the day of the king's inauguration, which he
kept of an old custom as a festival, and it now coincided with the other,
which coincidence of them both made the festival most illustrious.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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