When Judas Maccabeus was informed of this cruelty against his countrymen, he informed his men.
犹大听说同胞们遭受了这样的残害,便集合起他的部下。
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Their family name was not Maccabeus, that was just a nickname, the family name was Hasmoneus and so we call this the Hasmonean Dynasty, that's the descendants of Mattathias.
Maccabeus, thinking of the common good of all, accepted Lysias' offer of peace. And in fact, the king granted all the demands that Maccabeus had presented to Lysias in writing.