1 Maccabees 2:29

29 At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,

1 Maccabees 2:29 In-Context

27 Then Mattathias cried out in the town with a loud voice, saying: "Let every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out with me!"

28 Then he and his sons fled to the hills and left all that they had in the town.

29 At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,

30 they, their sons, their wives, and their livestock, because troubles pressed heavily upon them.

31 And it was reported to the king's officers, and to the troops in Jerusalem the city of David, that those who had rejected the king's command had gone down to the hiding places in the wilderness.