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Mattathias

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | 299 words | Copyright

Mattathias A common personal name in the Maccabean period; the best-known was the priest who initiated the rebellion against the Seleucid rulers in Modein in 167 BCE and whose five sons continued the struggle (1 Macc. 2: 1) against Hellenization. Two of Jesus' ancestors bore the name (Luke 3: 25).

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