2 Maccabees 15:6

6 Nicanor, holding his head high with all his boasting, decided to build a public monument marking the defeat of Judas' forces.

2 Maccabees 15:6 In-Context

4 They declared, "The living Lord himself, the ruler in heaven, commands us to keep the seventh day."

5 Nicanor replied, "And I am the ruler on earth who commands you to take up arms and to carry out the royal orders." Nevertheless, he didn't succeed in carrying out his terrible plan.

6 Nicanor, holding his head high with all his boasting, decided to build a public monument marking the defeat of Judas' forces.

7 But the Maccabee was fully confident in his hope of obtaining the Lord's help.

8 So he encouraged his troops not to fear the Gentiles' attack but to remember the aid they had previously received from heaven and to look for victory from the almighty now.