Modin City

Modin was the home town of the priest Mattathias and his sons, the Maccabees. There Mattathias refused the order of Antiochus Epiphanes to sacrifice to idols, launching the revolt. The family tomb was at Modin: Mattathias, Judas and Jonathan were buried there, and Simon raised over it a monument with seven pyramids. The site lies in the foothills between Jerusalem and the coast, near the modern city of Modiin; its exact location is uncertain.

1. Maccabean revoltc. 167 BC

   The priest Mattathias, from Jerusalem, lives at Modin with his five sons.

   1MA 2:1

2. Maccabean revoltc. 167 BC

   The king's officers come to Modin to enforce pagan sacrifice; Mattathias refuses, kills the apostate and the officer, and pulls down the altar.

   1MA 2:15-28

3. Maccabean revoltc. 166 BC

   Mattathias dies and is buried in the tomb of his fathers at Modin.

   1MA 2:70

4. Maccabean revoltc. 160 BC

   Jonathan and Simon bury their brother Judas, fallen at Eleasa, in the family tomb at Modin.

   1MA 9:19

5. Hasmonean periodc. 142 BC

   Simon buries Jonathan at Modin and raises over the family tomb a monument with seven pyramids, visible from the sea.

   1MA 13:25-30

6. Hasmonean periodc. 136 BC

   Simon's son John spends the night at Modin with his army before marching against Cendebeus.

   1MA 16:4