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Feast of Dedication

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An annual Feast to celebrate the dedication of the Temple by Judas Maccabeus after it had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (B.C. 165) (John 10:22²²And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. (John 10:22)). It commenced on the 25th of the month Chisleu, and lasted eight days. The dedication of the Temple under Ezra was on the 3rd of Adar (Ezra 6:15-16¹⁵And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. ¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, (Ezra 6:15‑16)); but this was not made an annual feast. The dedication of the Temple under Solomon was at the Feast of Tabernacles (1 Kings 8:2²And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. (1 Kings 8:2); 2 Chron. 5:3³Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. (2 Chronicles 5:3)).