Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation By unanimous vote it was decided that this day would never be forgotten, but would be celebrated each year on the eve of Mordecai's Day, which is the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, called Adar in Aramaic. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity: 2 Maccabees 15:34Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 2 Maccabees 15:35 And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God. 2 Maccabees 15:37 But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias' day. 2 Maccabees 15:38 So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration. Context 2 Maccabees 15…35And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God. 36And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity: 37But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias' day.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 15:34 Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 2 Maccabees 15:35 And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God. 2 Maccabees 15:37 But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias' day. 2 Maccabees 15:38 So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration. |