39 Then Nikanor went out from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and encamped in Beyt-Horon, and there the Arami (Syrian) army met him. 40 Yehudah encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Yehudah prayed and said, 41 “When those who came from the king blasphemed, your angel went out, and struck amongst them one hundred and eighty-five thousand. 42 Even so, crush this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary. Judge him according to his wickedness.” 43 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the armies met in battle. Nikanor’s army was defeated, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle. 44 Now when his army saw that Nikanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled. 45 They pursued them a day’s journey from Adasa until you come to[fn] Gezer, and they sounded an alarm after them with the signal trumpets. 46 Men came out of all the surrounding villages of Yehudah, and outflanked them. These turned them back on those, and they all fell by the sword. There wasn’t one of them left. 47 The Yehudim (Jews) took the spoils and the booty, and they cut off Nikanor’s head and his right hand, which he had stretched out so arrogantly, and brought them, and hung them up beside Yerushalem. 48 The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness. 49 They[fn] ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar. 50 So the land of Yehudah had rest a few days.