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And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.
31
And it was told to the king's men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem in the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king's commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.
32
And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day,
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And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.
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And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day.