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1 Maccabees 7:49
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49Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the thirteenth of Adar.
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47Afterwards they took the spoils, and the prey, and smote off Nicanors 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 they kept that day a day of great gladness.
— 1 Maccabees 7:49 —
50Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while.