2 Maccabees 8:27-29

Good News Translation

²⁷ When they had collected the enemy's weapons and looted the dead, they celebrated the Sabbath, praising the Lord and giving thanks to him, because he had brought them safely to that day and had given them the first sign of his mercy. ²⁸ When the Sabbath was over, they gave some of the loot to the victims of persecution and to the widows and orphans; then they divided the rest among their own families. ²⁹ Afterward they joined together in prayer to the merciful Lord, asking him to look favorably upon his servants.