2 Maccabees 15:36

36 And vthey ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called wAdar, xthe day before yMardocheus’ day.

v	1 Macc. 7. 49.
w	See Ezra 6. 15.
x	So John 12. 1 (Gk.).
y	Esth. 9. 17, 21.