On the day of victory, Maccabee and his followers lit a candleholder in their temple. It stayed lit for eight days, despite their having only enough oil for one.

在大胜之日，马加比跟他的追随者在他们的神殿里点起蜡烛，尽管燃油只有一天分，蜡烛却持续燃烧了八天之久。

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Maccabee was a Judean priest who commanded the resistance to Greek forces around 165 B.

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So Judah Maccabee gathered a small band of believers to fight this oppression, and against all odds, they prevailed.

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