And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.

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.

1 Maccabees 2:39
And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.

1 Maccabees 2:41
And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places.

1 Maccabees 2:42
Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.