¹⁰ But Judas said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing as to flee from them. If our time has come, let us die bravely for our kindred and leave no cause to question our honor.”^(A)

Mattathias and His Sons

2 In those days Mattathias son of John son of Simeon, a priest of the clan of Joarib, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.^(A)

³ Simon called Thassi,^(A)

⁵ Eleazar called Avaran, and Jonathan called Apphus.^(A)

⁷⁴ When Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, his spirit was aroused. He chose ten thousand men and set out from Jerusalem, and his brother Simon met him to help him.^(A)

⁵⁷ Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, “I confirm you in the high priesthood and set you over the four districts and make you one of the king’s Friends.”^(A)

⁵⁹ He appointed Jonathan’s^[a] brother Simon governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.^(A)