Mathathias

And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.

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And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:

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And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying:

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And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?

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Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:

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And Mathathias saw, and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running upon him he slew him upon the altar:

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Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.

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And Simon, the son of Mathathias, of the children of Jarib, and his brethren, have put themselves in danger, and resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory.

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And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.

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And all that were on Jonathan's side fled, and none was left of them, but Mathathias, the son of Absalom, and Judas, the son of Calphi, chief captain of the army.

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