1 Maccabees 7:42-44

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴² Even so destroy this army in our sight to day, and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill against thy sanctuary: and judge thou him according to his wickedness.

⁴³ And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth day of the month Adar: and the army of Nicanor was defeated, and he himself was first slain in the battle.

⁴⁴ And when his army saw that Nicanor was slain, they threw away their weapons, and fled: