Good News Bible Anglicised

1 Maccabees 2:1-4 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

1. During that time, a priest of the Jehoiarib family named Mattathias, who was the son of John and the grandson of Simeon, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

2. Mattathias had five sons: John (also called Gaddi),

3. Simon (also called Thassi),

4. Judas (also called Maccabaeus),