on of John, the son of
Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and
dwelt in Modin.

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And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis:

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Simon; called Thassi:

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Judas, who was called Maccabeus:

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Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was
Apphus.

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And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Juda
and Jerusalem,

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He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery
of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it
was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into
the hand of strangers?

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Her temple is become as a man without glory.

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Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her
infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword
of the enemy.

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What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom and gotten of
her spoils?

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All her ornaments are taken away; of a free woman she is
become a bondslave.

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And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is
laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned it.

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To what end therefore shall we live any longer?

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Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, and put on
sackcloth, and mourned very sore.

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In the mean while the king's officers, such as compelled the
people to revolt, came into the city Modin, to make them
sacrifice.

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And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and
his sons came together.

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Then answered the king's officers, and said to Mattathias on
this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in
this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:

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Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king's
commandment, like as all the heathen have done, yea, and the men
of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and
thy house be in the number of the king's friends, and thou and
thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many
rewards.

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Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though
all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and
fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give
consent to his commandments:

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Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant
of our fathers.

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God forbid that we should forsake the law and