1 Maccabees 4:24-26

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁴ On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven—“For he is good, for his mercy endures forever.” ²⁵ Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.

First Campaign of Lysias

²⁶ Those of the foreigners who escaped went and reported to Lysias all that had happened.