1 Maccabees 4:24

24 On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

1 Maccabees 4:24 In-Context

22 they all fled into the land of the Philistines.
23 Then Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they seized much gold and silver, and cloth dyed blue and sea purple, and great riches.
24 On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.
25 Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.
26 Those of the foreigners who escaped went and reported to Lysias all that had happened.
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