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2 Maccabees 15:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 15:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
35 Judas[a] hung Nicanor’s head from the citadel, a clear and conspicuous sign to everyone of the help of the Lord.(A) 36 And they all decreed by public vote never to let this day go unobserved but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month—which is called Adar in the Aramaic language—the day before Mordecai’s day.(B)
37 This, then, is how matters turned out with Nicanor, and from that time the city has been in the possession of the Hebrews. So I will here end my story.(C)
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- 15.35 Gk He
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