1 Maccabees 2:37LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 37 of 70
"Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully."
In context
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.
39And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.