14. Then they punished and destroyed with ignominy every polluted Jew that fell in their way;
15. slaying thus, in that day, above three hundred men, and esteeming this destruction of the wicked a season of joy.
16. They themselves having held fast their God to death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Saviour of Israel.