Matthias (son of Asamoneus)

Also known as: Matthias · Family: Judean · Role: priest · First appears: Book I, Chapter 1

In Book I, Chapter 1, Matthias, son of Asamoneus and one of the priests living in Modin, armed himself with his five sons and killed Bacchides with daggers. He then fled to the mountains, gathered many followers, defeated Antiochus’s generals, and drove them out of Judea.

By this success, Matthias became prince of his people by their free consent. When he died, he left the government to his eldest son, Judas (son of Matthias).

Relationship record

Life events

• Matthias killed Bacchides, defeated Antiochus’s generals, and became prince of Judea by popular consent.(Book I, Chapter 1 · 📍 Modin)
  • With: Bacchides
  • “Accordingly Matthias, the son of Asamoneus, one of the priests who lived in a village called Modin, armed himself, together with his own family, which had five sons of his in it, and slew Bacchides with daggers; and thereupon, out of the fear of the many garrisons [of the enemy], he fled to the mountains; and so many of the people followed him, that he was encouraged to come down from the mountains, and to give battle to Antiochus's generals, when he beat them, and drove them out of Judea. So he came to the government by this his success, and became the prince of his own people by their own free consent”
• Matthias died, leaving the government to his eldest son Judas.(Book I, Chapter 1)
  • With: Judas (son of Matthias)
  • “and then died, leaving the government to Judas, his eldest son.”

Book I, Chapter 1

• parent: Asamoneus “Accordingly Matthias, the son of Asamoneus, one of the priests who lived in a village called Modin”
• child: Judas (son of Matthias) “So he came to the government by this his success, and became the prince of his own people by their own free consent, and then died, leaving the government to Judas, his eldest son.”
• with Bacchides (Matthias killed Bacchides.) “Accordingly Matthias, the son of Asamoneus, one of the priests who lived in a village called Modin, armed himself, together with his own family, which had five sons of his in it, and slew Bacchides with daggers”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.