29. Then many who sought judgment and justice went down into the desert.
30. And they camped there, with their sons, and their wives, and their herds, because evils had overwhelmed them.
31. And it was reported to the king's men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had cast aside the commandment of the king, had departed into the hidden places in the desert, and that many had followed after them.
32. And immediately, they went out to them, and they arranged a battle against them, on the day of the Sabbath.
33. And they said to them: "And now, do you still resist? Go out and act according to the word of king Antiochus, and you will live."
34. And they said, "We will not go out, and we will not do the king's word, so as to profane the day of the Sabbath."
35. And they rushed against them in battle.
36. But they did not respond, nor did they cast a stone at them, nor did they barricade the hidden places,
37. for they said, "Let us all die in our simplicity. And heaven and earth will testify for us, that you destroyed us unjustly."
38. So they carried out a battle on the Sabbath. And they were put to death, with their wives, and their sons, and their cattle, even to the number of a thousand souls of men.
39. And Mattathias and his friends heard of it, and they held a very great lamentation for them.
40. And every man said to his neighbor, "If we all do just as our brothers have done, and if we do not fight against the Gentiles for the sake of our lives and our justifications, then they will quickly eradicate us from the earth."