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After the expulsion of Antiochus Epiphanes from Egypt by the Romans, he gave vent to his indignation on the Jews, great numbers of whom he mercilessly put to death in Jerusalem.<ref name="m"/> He oppressed them in every way, and tried to abolish altogether the Jewish worship.<ref name="m"/> Mattathias, an aged priest, then residing at Modin, a city to the west of Jerusalem, became now the courageous leader of the national party; and having fled to the mountains, rallied round him a large band of men prepared to fight and die for their country and for their religion, which was now violently suppressed.<ref name="m"/> In 1 Maccabees 2:60 is recorded his dying counsels to his sons with reference to the war they were now to carry on.<ref name="m"/> His son Judas, "the Maccabee," succeeded him (B.C. 166) as the leader in directing the war of independence, which was carried on with great heroism on the part of the Jews, and was terminated in the defeat of the Syrians. <ref name="m">{{Easton|Maccabees}}</ref>
After the expulsion of Antiochus Epiphanes from Egypt by the Romans, he gave vent to his indignation on the Jews, great numbers of whom he mercilessly put to death in Jerusalem.<ref name="m"/> He oppressed them in every way, and tried to abolish altogether the Jewish worship.<ref name="m"/> Mattathias, an aged priest, then residing at Modin, a city to the west of Jerusalem, became now the courageous leader of the national party; and having fled to the mountains, rallied round him a large band of men prepared to fight and die for their country and for their religion, which was now violently suppressed.<ref name="m"/> In 1 Maccabees 2:60 is recorded his dying counsels to his sons with reference to the war they were now to carry on.<ref name="m"/> His son Judas, "the Maccabee," succeeded him (B.C. 166) as the leader in directing the war of independence, which was carried on with great heroism on the part of the Jews, and was terminated in the defeat of the Syrians. <ref name="m">{{Easton|Maccabees}}</ref>
See [[1 Maccabees]] and [[2 Maccabees]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Judaism]]