1 Maccabees 2:36

36 Still they didn't answer or throw a rock at them or even block up their hiding places.

1 Maccabees 2:36 In-Context

34 But the Israelites replied: "We won't come out, and we won't do what the king commands and so violate the Sabbath."

35 So the enemy immediately attacked them.

36 Still they didn't answer or throw a rock at them or even block up their hiding places.

37 They said, "Let's all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify on our behalf that you are killing us unjustly."

38 So the troops attacked them on the Sabbath. They died, with their wives and children and livestock, as many as one thousand people.