This Day in Bible and Church History

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14 December

Monday this year · 1 event
  1. 163 BC2,188 years ago

    Judas Maccabeus retakes and rededicates the Temple, the origin of Hanukkah (1 Maccabees 4).

    Old Testament era 1 Maccabees 4:52 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah
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