The History of the Jews From the Earliest Period Down to Modern Times #255586

But the age of Mattathias was ill suited to this labo rions and enterprising warfare having bequeathed the command to Judas, the most valiant of his sons, he sank under the weight of years and toil. So great already was the terror of his name, that he was buried, without disturbance on the part of the enemy, in his native city of Modin.