2 Maccabees 15:35-37

Common English Bible

³⁵ Judas hung Nicanor’s head from the elevated fortress in plain sight of all, as a clear sign of the Lord’s help. ³⁶ The people decided to issue a regulation forbidding anyone to forget this day but reminding all to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, called Adar^[a] in the Syrian language, the day before Mordecai’s day.

³⁷ After things turned out this way with Nicanor, the Hebrews controlled the city from that time on. So at this point I will stop.