2 Maccabees 8:23–26

²³Besides, he appointed Eleazar to read aloud^r from the holy book and gave the watchword, “The help of God”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nicanor.^*

²⁴With the Almighty as their ally, they killed more than nine thousand of the enemy and wounded and disabled most of Nicanor’s army and forced them all to flee. ²⁵They captured the money of those who had come to buy them as slaves. After pursuing them for some distance, they were obliged to return because the hour was late.^{* 26}It was the day before the Sabbath, and for that reason they did not continue their pursuit.