2 Maccabees 8:27-29

New Catholic Bible

^27 [a]After collecting the arms of the enemy and stripping them of their spoils, they observed the Sabbath, offering fervent praise and thanksgiving to the Lord who had preserved them to witness on that day this manifestation of his compassion. ²⁸ When the Sabbath was over, they distributed some of the spoils to the victims of the persecution and to the widows and orphans. The rest they divided among themselves and their children. ²⁹ After this had been done, they joined in common supplication, beseeching the merciful Lord to be fully reconciled with his servants.