2 Maccabees 15:34

34 Looking to heaven, everyone praised the Lord, who had made himself known, saying, "Blessed is the one who kept his own holy place pure."

2 Maccabees 15:34 In-Context

32 He displayed the head of the repulsive Nicanor and the slanderer's hand, which he had extended against the almighty's holy house while uttering great boasts.

33 He cut out the tongue of the ungodly Nicanor and ordered that it be given to the birds in pieces, and he hung the rewards of his stupidity in front of the temple.

34 Looking to heaven, everyone praised the Lord, who had made himself known, saying, "Blessed is the one who kept his own holy place pure."

35 Judas hung Nicanor's head from the elevated fortress in plain sight of all, as a clear sign of the Lord's help.

36 The people decided to issue a regulation forbidding anyone to forget this day but reminding all to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, called Adar in the Syrian language, the day before Mordecai's day.