167 BC · AM 3837 · Intertestamental
Faithful families are killed in the wilderness
A large group that had fled into the wilderness refused to fight on the Sabbath. Royal troops attacked their hiding places, killing the families together and forcing the resistance to reconsider how the Sabbath applied in war.
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