1 Maccabees 2:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

²⁸ So he, and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.