Individual Details
Mattathias ben Yochanan HaCohen
( - )
Mattathias (or Mattathiahu) the Hasmonean
Priest of Modiin, northwest of Jerusalem. In 168 BCE the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes forbade the practice of Judaism and also decreed that altars to Greek gods be set up in the Temple at Jerusalem and in country towns. Mattathias, then an old man, refused to comply and killed a royal officer and a Jew who did comply. Subsequently (167 BCE), with his five sons and many faithful Jews, Mattathias fled to the mountains and began a revolt against Antiochus. He died soon after, leaving his son Judas in command of the rebellion.
Marriage: 1 Spouse Unknown. Children, 5: Simon the Tharssi, Judas Maccabeus, Elazar Maccabeus, Johanan, Johanan Maccabeus. Death: 167 BCE
Priest of Modiin, northwest of Jerusalem. In 168 BCE the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes forbade the practice of Judaism and also decreed that altars to Greek gods be set up in the Temple at Jerusalem and in country towns. Mattathias, then an old man, refused to comply and killed a royal officer and a Jew who did comply. Subsequently (167 BCE), with his five sons and many faithful Jews, Mattathias fled to the mountains and began a revolt against Antiochus. He died soon after, leaving his son Judas in command of the rebellion.
Marriage: 1 Spouse Unknown. Children, 5: Simon the Tharssi, Judas Maccabeus, Elazar Maccabeus, Johanan, Johanan Maccabeus. Death: 167 BCE
Families
| Child | Simon the Thassi Maccabeus (Hasmonean), 2 ( - ) |
| Father | Yohannan HaCohen (Maccabaeus), High Priest ( - ) |