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1 Maccabees 2:1-2 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. In those days Mattathias, son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of the family of Joarib, left Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

2. He had five sons: John, who was called Gaddi;

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