This latter expression may have been fulfilled during the Maccabean period when the Jews under the family of the Maccabees expelled their enemies from the Promised Land and rededicated the temple, which had been defiled.
Ungkapan yang belakangan ini mungkin tergenap selama periode Makabe sewaktu orang - orang Yahudi yang dipimpin keluarga Makabe mengusir musuh - musuh mereka dari Tanah Perjanjian dan menahbiskan kembali bait, yang telah dicemari.