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.