37 saying, “Let’s all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify for us, that you put us to death unjustly.” (WEB) 38 So they attacked them on the Sabbath, and they died—they, their wives, their children, and their livestock—in number a thousand souls of men. (WEB) 39 When Mattathias and his friends found out about it, they mourned over them exceedingly. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:37–39
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