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.
32
Many pursued them, and overtook them; they encamped opposite them and prepared for battle against them on the sabbath day.
33
They said to them, "Enough of this! Come out and do what the king commands, and you will live."
34
But they said, "We will not come out, nor will we do what the king commands and so profane the sabbath day."
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