1 In those days, there rose up Mattathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib from Jerusalem, and he settled on the mountain of Modin.
2 And he had five sons: John, who was surnamed Gaddi,
3 and Simon, who was surnamed Thassi,
4 and Judas, who was called Maccabeus,
5 and Eleazar, who was surnamed Avaran, and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.
6 These saw the evils that were done among the people of Judah and in Jerusalem.