oil” as at Exod 30:22–29, 40:9, especially since the courts were not to be anointed. 49. It would appear that the vessels had not been replaced after Antiochus IV’s sack of the temple in 169. See I 1:21–22 and commentary, and cf. 2 Chron 29:19. 50–51. Cf. II 1:8, where there is no mention of incense. 50. kindled … nave. Cf. 2 Chron 4:20. 52. For the date, see above vss. 36–54; on the false date at II 10:3, see Introduction, pp. 82–83. The labor of the priests at the temple began before dawn; see