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2 Maccabees 15:36

Source: Septuagint

Original

36And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mordecai’s day.

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34So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.

35He hanged also Nicanor’s head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.

— 2 Maccabees 15:36 —

37Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.

38And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired: but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.

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