1st Maccabees Chapter 16

The Victory of Simon’s Sons over Cendebareus

16:1 Then John came up from Gaza, and told Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here his father what Cendebeus had done.
16:2 For this reason Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, my brothers, and my father’s house and I, have ever since my youth to this day have fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have saved Israel repeatedly.
16:3 But now I am old, and ya’ll, by God’s mercy, are old enough: to be y’all instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the support from Heaven be with you.
16:4 So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modin.
16:5 And when as they got up in the morning, and went into the plain, See, a mighty great army both of infantry and cavalry came against them: However there was a creek between them.
16:6 So he and his people pitched over against them: and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the creek, he went first over himself, and then the men seeing him crossed through after him.
16:7 That done, he divided his men, and set the horsemen in the middle of the infantry: for the enemies’ cavalry were very many.
16:8 Then they sounded with the holy trumpets: on which Cendebeus and his army were cause to run, so that many of them were killed, and the remainder of them got to the strong hold.
16:9 At that time Judas John’s brother was wounded; but John still followed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus had built.
16:10 Shortly after that they escaped to the towers in the fields of Azotus; and he burnt it with fire: so that there were about two thousand of them killed . Afterward he returned to the land of Judea in peaceשָׁלוֹם‎
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here.
16:11 Then in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold:
16:12 Because he was Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here the high priest’s son in law.
16:13 So his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and shortly after that advised deceptively against Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here and his sons to destroy them.
16:14 Now Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, called Shevatשְׁבָט
Šəvaṭ, is the fifth month of the civil year starting in Tishre (or Tishri) and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar starting in Nisan. It is a month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar For more info click here:
16:15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet: However he had hid men there.

Simon’s tragic Death at Dok.

16:16 So when Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here and his sons had drunk a lot, Ptolemy and his men got up, and took their weapons, and came on Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here into the banqueting place, and killed him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
16:17 In which doing he committed a great treachery, and reimbursed evil for good.
16:18 Then Ptolemy wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities.
16:19 He sent others also to Gaza to kill John: and to the military leaders he sent letters to come to him, so that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.
16:20 And others he sent to possess Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.

Simonשִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי
Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC The name “Thassi” has a connotation of “the Wise”, a title which can also mean “the Director”, “the Guide”, “the Man of Counsel”, and “the Zealous”. This Simon is also sometimes distinguished as Simon the Hasmonean, Simon Maccabee, or (from Latin) Simon Maccabeus. For more info click here‘s son John succeeds him

16:21 Before that someone had ran to Gaza and told John that his father and brothers had been killed, and,  he said, Ptolemy has sent to kill you too.
16:22 When he heard of it, he was very surprised: so he arrested those that had come to destroy him, and killed them; because he knew that they tried to take him away.
16:23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
16:24 See, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.