1 Maccabees 2:29
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At that time, many who sought righteousness and justice went to live in the desert.
Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:
At that time also many of the Israelites who were seeking to be right with God through obedience to the Law went out to live in the wilderness, taking their children, their wives, and their livestock with them, because of the terrible oppression they were suffering.
At that time many who sought righteousness and justice went out into the wilderness to settle there,
Many of the people who desired to live in accordance with justice and the law went down to the desert and settled there,
At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,
At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,
At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,
At that time many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to live there,
Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to dwell there,
Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to dwell there,
Then many seeking doom and rightwiseness, went down into (the) desert, that they should sit there,
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