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So, my sons, be zealous for the Law and risk your lives defending the Covenant of our fathers. (1 Maccabees 2, 50)
Phinehas, our father, because of his great zeal received the priesthood for himself and for his sons forever. (1 Maccabees 2, 54)
Have courage, my sons, and remain steadfast in the Law for in this you will receive glory. (1 Maccabees 2, 64)
That is why Judas declared war against the sons of Esau in Idumea and in the province of Akrabattene, for they surrounded Israel. He dealt them a mortal blow - he humbled them and looted them. (1 Maccabees 5, 3)
He took the sons of the leaders of the land as hostages and imprisoned them in the Citadel of Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 9, 53)
Then the people of Gaza sought peace, and he made peace with them. But he took the sons of their elders as hostages and sent them away to Jerusalem. Then he traveled through the province until he reached Damascus. (1 Maccabees 11, 62)
So, send a hundred talents of silver and two of his sons as hostages lest he slip away when we release him, and come back against us. Then we shall let him go." (1 Maccabees 13, 16)
When the people came to know these events, they said, "What favor can we do for Simon and his sons? (1 Maccabees 14, 25)
and that copies be deposited in the Temple treasury and made available to Simon and his sons." (1 Maccabees 14, 49)
So, Simon called his two elder sons, John and Judas, and said to them: "I and my brothers and the family of my father have fought the enemies of Israel from our youth until today. And many times, we were able to liberate Israel. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
He became too ambitious and thought of becoming the leader of his nation. So he looked for ways to do away with Simon and his sons. (1 Maccabees 16, 13)
Simon was then making the rounds of the cities of Judea and attending to their administration. In the eleventh month called Shebat, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven (134 B.C.), Simon came to Jericho with his two sons, Mattathias and Judas. (1 Maccabees 16, 14)
