29 Then many who sought justice and judgment went down into the wilderness to live there— (WEB) 30 they, their children, their wives, and their livestock—because evils were multiplied upon them. (WEB) 31 It was told to the king’s officers and the forces that were in Jerusalem, the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king’s commandment had gone down into the secret places in the wilderness; (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:29–31
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