1 Maccabees 4:44-48

⁴⁴ And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;

⁴⁵ They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

⁴⁶ And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.

⁴⁷ Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former;

⁴⁸ And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the temple, and hallowed the courts.