Good News Bible Anglicised

1 Maccabees 2:1-6 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),

5. Eleazar (also called Avaran), and Jonathan (also called Apphus).

6. When Mattathias saw all the sins that were being committed in Judea and Jerusalem,