1 Maccabees 2:69

69 Then he blessed them and joined his ancestors.

1 Maccabees 2:69 In-Context

67 Rally around yourselves all who observe the Law, and avenge wrong done to your people.

68 Pay the Gentiles back in full, and obey what the Law commands."

69 Then he blessed them and joined his ancestors.

70 He died in the year 146 and was buried in an ancestral tomb at Modein. All Israel mourned for him with sorrow.