2 Maccabees 8:25-27

Good News Translation

²⁵ They seized the money from the people who had come to buy them as slaves. Then they pursued the enemy a long way, until they had to return, ²⁶ because it was almost time for the Sabbath to begin. 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.