1 Maccabees

1 Maccabees 7:43

καὶ συνῆψαν αἱ παρεμβολαὶ εἰς πόλεμον τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς Αδαρ, καὶ συνετρίβη ἡ παρεμβολὴ Νικάνορος, καὶ ἔπεσεν αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.
King James Version (KJV)

So the thirteenth day of the month Adar the hosts joined battle: but Nicanor's host was discomfited, and he himself was first slain in the battle.

Modern English

On the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, the armies met in battle, and Nicanor's army was crushed, with Nicanor himself the first to fall.

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