"At the same time he killed the king’s officer who was forcing them to sacrifice, and he tore down the altar. Thus he burned with zeal for the law, just as Phinehas did against Zimri son of Salu."
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Mattathias
Mattathias ben Johanan was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who sparked the Maccabean Revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, which was led by his five sons Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee), Eleazar Avaran, Simon Thassi (Simeon), John Gaddi, and Jonathan Apphus (Yonatan). Their story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus, and is commemorated each year on Hanukkah.
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