Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day: Good News Bible render this verse well. Another possible model is “On that day Israel had a great victory.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.