2 Maccabees 15:28-30

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁸ And when the battle was over, and they were returning with joy, they understood that Nicanor was slain in his armour.

²⁹ Then making a shout, and a great noise, they blessed the Almighty Lord in their own language.

³⁰ And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor's head, and his hand with the shoulder should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem.