1 Maccabees 2:32–38

³²they pursued after them a great number, and having overtaken them, they camped against them, and made war against them on the sabbath day. ³³And they said unto them, Let that which you have done hitherto suffice; come forth, and do according to the commandment of the king, and you shall live. ³⁴But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king’s commandment, ^pto profane the sabbath day. ³⁵So then they gave them the battle with all speed. ³⁶Howbeit they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped ^othe places where they lay hid; ³⁷but said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth shall testify for us, that you put us to death wrongfully. ^38qSo they rose up against them in battle on the sabbath, and they slew them, ^rwith their wives and children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand people.