24 Then they returned home, and sang a song of thanksgiving, and gave praise to heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endures forever. (WEB) 25 Israel had a great deliverance that day. (WEB) 26 The foreigners who had escaped came and told Lysias all the things that had happened. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 4:24–26
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