What Negroes Need to Know About Simon Maccabeus Part 2

Review

• Simon was a warrior who had fought for the temple of Yahawah and his people
• Simon’s brothers were Judah, Jonathan, Eleazar and Joannan (Yahchanan ie John)
• Simon’s father was Mattathias, a very virtuous and righteous Levite who fought against Edomites until his last breath

Simon’s Virtues

1 Macc 2:65

• 1 Macc 2:65 A man of counsel ie. a leader of leaders
• 1 Macc 5:17-18, 21-23, 1 Macc 11:65-66 A man of war

His Brothers' Virtues

They were men of war after their father

• 1 Macc 3:1-7 Judas Maccabeus
• 1 Macc 5:55-56, 57-62 Jonathan
• 1 Macc 5:63-65 All his brethren

        

What Happened to Simon and his brothers?

1 Macc 6:43-46 Eleazar dies

1 Macc 9:1-22 Judas dies

1 Macc 12:39-53 Jonathan dies

1 Macc 13:14-23 tryphon kills Jonathan summary

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