46
And men came out of all the villages of Judea round about, and they out-flanked the enemy and drove them back to their pursuers, so that they all fell by the sword; not even one of them was left.
47
Then the Jews seized the spoils and the plunder, and they cut off Nicanor's head and the right hand which he so arrogantly stretched out, and brought them and displayed them just outside Jerusalem.
48
The people rejoiced greatly and celebrated that day as a day of great gladness.
49
And they decreed that this day should be celebrated each year on the thirteenth day of Adar.
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