2 Maccabees 15:29-31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁹ Then making a shout, and a great noise, they blessed the Almighty Lord in their own language.

³⁰ And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor's head, and his hand with the shoulder should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem.

³¹ And when he was come thither, having called together his countrymen, and the priests to the altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle,