2 Maccabees 15:4-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ And when they declared, “It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,” ⁵ he replied, “And I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king’s business.” Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.

Judas Prepares the Jews for Battle

⁶ This Nica′nor in his utter boastfulness and arrogance had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men.