2 Maccabees 1:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ So now you should keep the Festival of Booths in the month of Kislev, ¹⁰ in the year 188.^[a]

The second letter

The citizens of Jerusalem and Judea, the council of elders, and Judas send greetings and wishes of good health to Aristobulus, teacher of King Ptolemy and a member of the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt. ¹¹ God saved us from great danger when we were battling against the king. So we greatly praise God