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they, their sons, their wives, and their cattle, because evils 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 men 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
And 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."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.