1 Maccabees 13:52DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 52 of 54
"And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with gladness."
In context
50And they cried to Simon form peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence, and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.
51And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.
52And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with gladness.
53And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.
54And Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man for war: and he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.