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1 Maccabees 2:1
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 2:1
New Catholic Bible
The Great Days of the Resistance[a]
Resistance Begins: Mattathias (167–166 B.C.)
Chapter 2
Mattathias and His Sons. 1 In those days Mattathias,[b] son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of the family of Joarib, departed from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.
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- 1 Maccabees 2:1 Many Jews, above all the rich, collaborated with the established power. A family of priests (called the Hasmoneans after the name of their forefather) takes to the woods and soon gathers together a group of resisters.
- 1 Maccabees 2:1 Mattathias signifies “gift of Yahweh.” Joarib was the head of the first priestly division (see 1 Chr 24:7). Modein was seventeen miles west of Jerusalem.
