1 Maccabees 2:1-3

Good News Translation

The Faithfulness of Mattathias

2 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),