2 Maccabees 15:36-38

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁶ And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity:

³⁷ But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called, in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias' day.

³⁸ So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration.