Common English Bible

1 Maccabees 2:1-5 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.