1 Maccabees 2:34

34 But they said, "We will not come out, nor will we do what the king commands and so profane the sabbath day."

1 Maccabees 2:34 In-Context

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."

35 Then the enemy hastened to attack them.

36 But they did not answer them or hurl a stone at them or block up their hiding places,