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V. MATTHIAS, or Mattathias, a Jew, of the Party of the Macedonians, or of the Syrians. He was sent by Nicanor to Judas Maccabæus, to offer to him Proposals of Peace1. The Name Matthias is an Abridgement of Matthanias, or Matthathias; which signifies the Gift of God.
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2 Macc. xiv. 19. In the Year of the World 3843, before Christ 157, before the Vulgar Æra 161. ↩
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