33. And they said to them, Thus far. Come forth, and do according to the word of the king, and you⌃ shall live.
34. And they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.
35. And they hasted to give them battle.
36. And they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,
37. saying, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth witness over us, that you⌃ put us to death without trial.
38. And they rose up against them in battle on the Sabbath, and they died, they and their wives and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand souls.
39. And Mattathias and his friends knew it, and they mourned over them exceedingly.