Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation but the Jews did nothing to resist; they did not even throw stones or block the entrances to the caves where they were hiding. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places, 1 Maccabees 2:34And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day. 1 Maccabees 2:35 And they made haste to give them battle. 1 Maccabees 2:37 Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully. 1 Maccabees 2:38 So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons. Context 1 Maccabees 2…35And they made haste to give them battle. 36But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places, 37Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 2:34 And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day. 1 Maccabees 2:35 And they made haste to give them battle. 1 Maccabees 2:37 Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully. 1 Maccabees 2:38 So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons. |