32 and many pursued after them, and having overtaken them, they encamped against them and set the battle in array against them on the Sabbath day. (WEB) 33 They said to them, “Enough of this! Come out and do according to the word of the king, and you will all live!” (WEB) 34 They said, “We won’t come out. We won’t do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:32–34
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