1 Maccabees 13:44-46

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose. ⁴⁵ Together with their wives and children, the men went up on the wall with their clothes torn. They cried out loudly, asking Simon to make peace with them. ⁴⁶ They said, “Don’t treat us according to our wicked acts but according to your mercy.”