Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 7:49
Source: Septuagint
Original
49Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the thirteenth of Adar.
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47Afterward they took the spoils, and the prey, and smote off Nicanor’s head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought them away, and hanged them up toward Jerusalem.
48For this cause the people rejoiced greatly, and kept that day as a day of great gladness.
— 1 Maccabees 7:49 —
50Thus the land of Judah was in rest a little while.