1 Maccabees 2:1

Mattathias and his sons

1 In those days a priest from Joarib's family named Mattathias, the son of John and grandson of Simeon, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

1 Maccabees 2:1 In-Context

1 In those days a priest from Joarib's family named Mattathias, the son of John and grandson of Simeon, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

2 He had five sons: John, who had the surname Gaddi;

3 Simon, called Thassi;

4 Judas, called Maccabeus;

5 Eleazar, called Avaran; and Jonathan, called Apphus.