1 Maccabees 2:37

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

1 Maccabees 2:37 In-Context

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.

39 When Mattathias and his friends learned about this, they deeply mourned for the dead.