Mattathias
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Mattathias ben Johanan was a Kohen who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Mattathias's story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the w
Mattathias appealing to Jewish refugees (illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible)
Tomb of Mattathias ben Johanan, Israel
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Jonathan Apphus
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Jonathan Apphus was one of the sons of Mattathias and the leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 160 to 143 BCE.
Jonathan destroying the temple of Dagon, by Gustave Doré
