1 Maccabees 2:25-27

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁵ Moreover the man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar.

²⁶ And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri the son of Salomi.

²⁷ And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow me.