1 Maccabees 2:36LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 36 of 70
"But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,"
In context
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.
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.
38So 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.