40. And Judas took a position in Adasa with three thousand men. And Judas prayed, and he said:
41. "O Lord, when those who were sent by king Sennacherib blasphemed against you, an angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand of them.
42. Just so, crush this army in our sight today, and so let the others know that he has spoken evil against your sanctuary. And judge him according to his wickedness."
43. And the armies were sent into battle together on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And the camp of Nicanor was crushed, and he himself was among the first slain in the battle.
44. So then, when his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled.
45. And they pursued them for one day's journey from Adasa, even until one comes into Gazara, and they sounded the trumpets after them with signals.
46. And they went forth from all of the towns all around Judea. And they herded them with the horns, and they turned back again to them, and they were all felled with the sword, and there was not so much as one of them left behind.
47. And they took their spoils like a prey, and they cut off the head of Nicanor, and his right hand, which he had extended arrogantly, and they brought it, and hung it up opposite Jerusalem.
48. And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day in great joy.
49. And he established that this day should be kept every year, on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar.
50. And the land of Judah was quieted for a brief time.