1 Maccabees 2:34
Good News Translation
"We will not come out," they answered. "We will not obey the king's command, and we will not profane the Sabbath."

Contemporary English Version
The Jews answered, "We're not coming out! And we refuse to break the laws of the Sabbath by obeying the king's orders!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day.

1 Maccabees 2:32
And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.

1 Maccabees 2:33
And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.

1 Maccabees 2:35
And they made haste to give them battle.

1 Maccabees 2:36
But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,

Context
1 Maccabees 2
33And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live. 34And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king's edict, to profane the sabbath day. 35And they made haste to give them battle.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 2:32
And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.

1 Maccabees 2:33
And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.

1 Maccabees 2:35
And they made haste to give them battle.

1 Maccabees 2:36
But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,



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1 Maccabees 2:33
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