Mattathias
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Aaronite priest of Modein; refused to offer sacrifice on the king's altar and slew the apostate Jew and the king's officer, igniting the Maccabean revolt (167 BC). Father of Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan, Simon, John, and Eleazar. Died the year following.
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